Gail Reed

WebsiteGail Reed is founder of Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC), a US non-profit fostering cooperation among the US, Cuban and global health communities to improve health equity worldwide, including the USA. She is currently MEDICC’s Country Representative for Cuba and Executive Editor and journalist for MEDICC Review, publishing peer-reviewed work by Cuban and other developing-country health professionals. Ms. Reed produced ¡Salud!, winner of the Council on Foundation’s Henry Hampton Award; delivered a 2014 TEDMED talk (Where to train the world’s doctors? Cuba) and authored a 300-page study on the US embargo’s impact on health in Cuba. She has made Cuba her professional base for 30+ years, served as consultant to The Atlantic Philanthropies Population Health Program and in a similar capacity for various US foundations and UNICEF-Cuba. She has worked for NBC News and Business Week, and holds an MS in journalism from Columbia University.

MEDICC’s December Conference Takes to the Streets of Santiago

Published 3y ago - Gail Reed

– A Legal Opportunity to Visit Cuba – by Gail Reed The MEDICC conference — A Healthy Cuba, Healthy World: Celebrating History, Culture, & Community — is slated for December 5–9/10 at the Meliá Santiago Hotel, with sessions at this venue and throughout what i... More »

Medicc’s 20th Anniversary Conference this December: A Legal Opportunity to Visit Cuba

Published 4y ago - Gail Reed

The MEDICC conference—A Healthy Cuba, Healthy World: Linking Culture, Community and Cooperation—is slated for December 3–9 at the Meliá Varadero Hotel, with site visits to cities of Matanzas and Cárdenas. The event celebrates two decades of work by the US nonp... More »