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5TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON
SATISFACTORY LONGEVITY
Science and Technology for quality
of life
• Sponsored by the 120 Years
Club and the Medical Association of the Caribbean,
May 22-25 in Havana’s Nacional Hotel
BY LILLIAM RIERA—Granma International staff writer—
ADVANCES in science and technology in the function
of reaching 120 years of age with quality of life is
the principal theme of the 5th International
Satisfactory Longevity Congress: an Integral Vision,
scheduled from May 22 to 25 in the capital’s
Nacional Hotel.
Dr.
Eugenio Selman-Housein Abdo, president of the 120
Years Club and the organizing committee for the
event, informed Granma International that
this edition is to specifically cover the importance
of physical education in the function of longevity
and quality of life, and the role of plastic and
reconstructive surgery in achieving that objective.
Selman, likewise president of the Medical
Association of the Caribbean – an organization
co-sponsoring the Congress – explained that he is to
moderate a symposium presenting “Cuba, the country
for living to 120 years” and that there are others
on Nutrition and Surgery, moderated by Professors
Santa Jiménez and Antonio Portilles, respectively
within the framework of “Obesity: Pandemic of the
21st Century.” Professor Pedro López Saura, deputy
director of the Havana Genetic Engineering and
Technology Center, is to give a master lecture on
Cuban biotechnology in the function of longevity.
Scientists from all branches of knowledge are
expected to discuss these experiences in Cuba, where
all sectors of society come together in an
articulated way in function of the life of human
beings.
A
special activity within the event will be the 3rd
International Meeting of Centenarians. The island
currently has 3,000-plus people aged 100 and over, a
group of whom are to participate in the activity.
The
4th Joie de Vivre Festival is scheduled to run in
parallel with the Congress and includes a
specialized recreation and learning program. In
addition, participants can attend lectures in the
event that they might find interesting.
There are to be demonstrations of certain physical
exercise techniques, a swimming contest for the
over-80s, the eternal youth walk (including
children, young and older adults, athletes and
outstanding personalities) and exhibitions by Cuban
artists, craft and culinary workers.
For
more information access:
http://www.sld.cu/eventos/logevidad
or
http://www.vivir120.cu
or Longevidad2007@informed.sld.cu or contact
Mercedes Trujillo at
amecacma@informed.sld.cu.
Organizing committee meetings are attended by
officials from agencies representing the six areas
or regular sections covered in these congresses:
motivation, alimentation, health, physical activity,
culture and environment.
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