International Congress on Children Mistreatment.
The Ministry of Public Health of the Republic of Cuba is summoning to the International
Congress on Children Mistreatment to be held from Nov. 29th through Dec.1st, 2005 at the
Havana International Conference Center. The slogan of the congress will be: “Another better
world is possible” and it is expected to analyze the world’s problems regarding children
mistreatment, the relation of defense policies of children and young people as well as the
causes related to them, such as poverty, health and education problems within the families
and the community.
Objectives:
1. To analyze the main experiences related to the topics of the congress.
2. To identify main process and policies trends in favor of the childhood and the
adolescence.
3. To favor international collaboration on the base of the scientific research and capacity
building toward mistreatment prevention in all its modalities.
PARTICIPANTS’BACKGROUND.
Health care professionals and technicians, professors, students, executives and officials from
Organizations or Institutions linked to the topics of the Congress.
Chairperson:
Dr. Mayra Ojeda del Valle
Vice-director of the National Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology (INHEM)
President of the Cuban Society of School and University Health.
Deputy-chairpersons:
Lic. Tomás Tápan
Havana Conference Center.
Dr. Juan Aguilar Valdés
Head of the School Health Division (INHEM)
Dr. Cristóba Martínez Gómez.
Pedro Borrás Pediatric Hospital.
Dr. Caridad O' Farrill Montero.
National Director of School Health Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP)
Dr. María de la Concepción Galiano.
Adolescents Care Office
Dr. María Antonia Torres Cueto.
National Director of School Health Ministry of Education (MINED)
SPECIFIC TOPICS:
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Children mistreatment.
Preventive work.
Social Work.
Street children.
Community and social work.
School, Family and Community.
Food and Nutrition.
Health Risk and Protector Factors.
Children and Adolescents Care.
Mental Health.
School failure and desertion.
Children work.
Violence.
Children and Adolescents morbidity and mortality.
Alcohol, smoking habits and drugs.
Family dysfunction.
Poverty and Mistreatment.
Childhood and Adolescence Policies.
Children and Adolescents’ Rights.
Healthy Environment.
Education for living.
Children and adolescents care services.
Disabled Care.
Information and Society.
Sexual and Reproductive Health
PAPERS PRESENTATION FORMAT.
Papers can deal with any topic of the event included in the Children Mistreatment Congress
and should be sent in electronic format to be included on the memories CD-Rom before
September
30,
2005
to
the
following
address:
eventomi2005@inhem.sld.cu
The Scientific Committee will inform about the approval or not of papers and their
presentation form in the Congress. The best work is to be selected by a jury according to its
originality, scientific content quality and presentation
It will be used Word 6.0 or a higher version of word processing systems.
Title:
Arial, 14 font, Align center, bold type
Author’s Data:
Name and surname in bold type and cursive writing.
Name of the speaker underlined.
Institution name, address, phone number, fax, e-mail
City
Country (in bold type)
Paper format requirement:
Font: Arial, 12 font.
Text: Justify
Margins: 2.5 cm
Sheet of paper: 8 ½” x 11”
Audiovisual Aids
The Conference Center’s rooms possess the equipment required for work presentations.
Audiovisual Aids should meet the following requirements:
 Slides 35 mm
 Video-cassettes VHS (any standard)
 Power Point
 Slide projection
Working Languages
Spanish and English will be the working languages of the Congress. Simultaneous
interpretation will be provided in the main sessions.
REGISTRATION FEES
Delegates: 150.00 CUC (Cuban Convertible Pesos).
Students:
100.00 CUC
Companion:
50.00 CUC
Pre-Congress Courses: 20.00 CUC
Payments can be made by bank transfers.
Participants may also credit registration fee on their arrival to the country venue of the
Congress.
Students (pre-graduated only) should present a letter from their universities to certify their
condition as such and credit their corresponding school fee.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE.
Dr. Mayra Ojeda del Valle
Vice-director of the National Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology (INHEM)
Phone: (537) 870-5723
Fax: (537) 833-2404
Email: mayrao@inhem.sld.cu
web site: www.inhem.sld.cu
Dr. Juan Aguilar Valdés
National Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology (INHEM)
Email: jaguilar@inhem.sld.cu
Rosalina Gómez Delgado
Organizing Committee
Phone: (537)870-5723
Fax (537)833-2404
Email: rosita@inhem.sld.cu
Professional Organizer of the Congress
Lic. Zósima López
Habana International Conference Center
Phone (537)208-5199 / (537)202-8382
Email: zosima@palco.cu
Web site:
http://www.cpalco.com
SPONSORS:
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Ministry of Public Health of Cuba.
National Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology (INHEM).
Cuban Society of Hygiene and Epidemiology.
Cuban Society of School and University Health.
National Council of Scientific Societies of the Ministry of Public Health.
Natinal Unit of Environmental Health (UNSA).
PAHO / WHO.
Ministry of Education of Cuba.
National Institute of Nutrition and Food Hygiene. (INHA).
National Center of Education and Health Promotion.
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
UNESCO.