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2nd Congress on Social Security |
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The 2nd Congress on Social Security was held at Havana’s Convention Center, under the
premise “We will Achieve Complete Justice”. Participants focused on social policies in
the strategic fields of health, retirement, aging, social integration of older people, social
services and disability, employment, safety and health care at work and experiences on
social work.
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Actions linked to the Revolution’s social policy in the interests of achieving a healthy,
active longevity and the full participation of older people in daily life, were debated under
the terms of their contribution to face the aging of the Cuban population that is
approaching, with an optimum use of old people’s capabilities.
The administration of a budget of 3.5 billion pesos this year, devoted to the attention of
one and a half million beneficiaries, is an indication of the Cuban Socialist State’s
devotion to older people. The two figures, due to their connotation, explain the full
coverage of social security services for the population, while at the same time it requires
a careful supervision of its expenditure.
Today, Cuba has, as a product of the Revolution in the fields of health and education,
an increase of life expectancy -- presently 77 years; a decrease in birth rate; changes in
the structure and size of families; an active participation of women in all spheres of life;
and an incessant increase of human resources; which has turned the phenomenon of
population aging into an issue of top interest.
Conferences:
- Study on labor, health care, and old people in Cuba
Author: Marta Feitó Cabrera, MSc.
General Director of the National Institute for Social Security
- Experience on the incorporation and continuance at universities of professors of
retirement age
Authors: A group of professionals from the Ministry of Higher Education
- Experience on the continuance at work of professionals of retirement age at health
centers
Author: Dr. Alberto Fernández Seca, Director
Old People and Social Work, Ministry of Public Health
- CANEC (Consultoría de la Asociación Nacional de Economistas de Cuba) exists and develops thanks to Cuba’s policy for Social Security
Author: Roberto Verrier Castro
President of the National Association of Economists and Accountants of Cuba
- Farmers, cooperative members and social security in Cuba
Author: Dr. Orlando Peñate Pérez
Vice-president of the National Association of Small Farmers
- Experience on the return to work of retirees in Havana
Author: Odalys González López, B.A.
Provincial Director of Labor, Ciudad de La Habana
- Social services and disability
Author: Yusimí Campos Suárez, MSc.
National Director for Social Security
- Social services implemented by social security
Author: Yusimí Campos Suárez, MSc.
National Director for Social Security
- Assessment of the impact of the national plan of action for the attention of the disabled
(2001-2005)
Author: Yusimí Campos Suárez, MSc.
National Director for Social Security
- Cuba: the country to live 120 years
Author: Dr. Eugenio Selman Housein-Abdo
President of the Caribbean Medical Association and of the Club for the 120 Year Olds
- Description of Employment in Cuba
Author: Engineer María Victoria Coombs Bryan
Head of the Department of Employment, Ministry of Labor and Social Security
(MTSS).
- Health and Safety at Work
Author: Esther Márquez Espinosa, MSc.
Director for Social Security at Work, MTSS
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