Cuba: Health Without Wealth. Brendan Sainsbury.
by Sainsbury, Brendan; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 14Health. Publisher: Ecologist, 2005ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Cuba -- Economic conditions | Cuba -- Politics and government | Medical care -- Cuba | Medicine -- Preventive | Public health -- CubaDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Under the dark shadow of a permanent US trade embargo, Cuba, which languishes 172nd on the world's league table of nations' wealth (in between Mongolia and the Central African Republic) subsequently stuck the lion's share of its meagre resources into healthcare. The aim was to match its northern neighbour on every health index from life expectancy to infant mortality rates. Quite remarkably, it did." (ECOLOGIST) This article explains why Cuba, in spite of severe economic problems, manages to maintain an excellent health care program that rivals that of the US and is in some ways better.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Cuba: Health Without Wealth, June 2005; pp. 50-55.
"Under the dark shadow of a permanent US trade embargo, Cuba, which languishes 172nd on the world's league table of nations' wealth (in between Mongolia and the Central African Republic) subsequently stuck the lion's share of its meagre resources into healthcare. The aim was to match its northern neighbour on every health index from life expectancy to infant mortality rates. Quite remarkably, it did." (ECOLOGIST) This article explains why Cuba, in spite of severe economic problems, manages to maintain an excellent health care program that rivals that of the US and is in some ways better.
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