PHM-Exch> Vision Health in Cuba--New issue of MEDICC Review

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MEDICC Review: The International Journal of Cuban Health & Medicine
 
New issue now online: Vision Health in Cuba
 
In this issue: Cuban Epidemic Neuropathy, special-needs children in Cuban 
education, and interview with the president of Cuba’s National Association of 
Blind Persons. Plus surgical results for congenital esotropia and simple 
congenital ptosis. 

 
Other papers on: diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, imatinib for chronic myeloid 
leukemia, and a 20-year review of the Cuban experience in clinical trials.
 
Plus:A special report on the Cuban Medical Team in Haiti one year after the 
earthquake.   
 
“We have come a long way, but there is much to be done: barriers are not only 
architectural, potholes in the streets or buildings without easy access.  They 
can also be bureaucratic, technological, and above all psychological,” José 
Blanch, President of the National Association of Blind Persons in Cuba, in 
MEDICC Review.
 
MEDICC Reviewis an open-access peer-reviewed journal. Full-text articles of 
current and past issues may be freely viewed and downloaded at 
http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/

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MEDICC ReviewVol. 13, No 1 January, 2011
 
Table of Contents
 
Editorial
Through a Cuban Lens
http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=172&a=va
 
Feature
Visually-Impaired Children in Havana: Challenges of Education, Rehabilitation 
and Inclusion
http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=176&a=va
Gail Reed MS
 
Interviews
In the Eye of the Cuban Epidemic Neuropathy Storm: 
Rosaralis Santiesteban MD PhD, Director of the Neuro-ophthalmology, Neurology 
and Neurosurgery Institute
http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=177&a=va
Christina Mills MD FRCPC
 
A Cuban NGO Perspective on Disabilities:
José Blanch MD MPH, President, National Association of Blind Persons
http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=178&a=va
Gail Reed MS
 
Original Research
Results of Surgery for Cogenital Esotropia
http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=179&a=va
Pedro D. Castro MD, et al.
 
Improved Visual Acuity after Frontalis Sling Surgery for Simple Congenital 
Ptosis
http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=180&a=va
Gustavo Rodriguez MD, et al.
 
Clinical and Epidemiological Profile of Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy, 
Isle of Youth, 2008
http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=181&a=va
Heenry L. Dávila MD MPH, et al.
 
Introduction of Imatinib as First-line Therapy for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in 
Cuba
http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=182&a=va
Valia Pavón MD, et al.


Abstracts
Cuban Research in Current International Journals
http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=183&a=va
 
Reprint
Cuba’s National Clinical Trials Coordinating Center: Emergence, Evolution, and 
Main Results
http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=184&a=va
Maria A. Pascual MD, et al.
Revista Cubana de Farmicia
 
International Cooperation Report
Haiti One Year Later: Cuban Medical Team Draws on Experience and Partnerships
http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=185&a=va
Conner Gorry, MA
 
Viewpoint
Addressing Cuba’s Aging Population: Why Epimapping Needs to Go Local
http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=186&a=va
Pedro Más Md PhD DrSc
 
About the Contributors
Learn more about the Contributors
 http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=173&a=va
 
Letters
Letters to the Editor
http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=174&a=va
 
Peer Reviewers 
Peer Reviewers 2010
http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=175&a=va
 
 
 
MEDICC Review: The International Journal of Cuban Health & Medicineis a 
quarterly, peer-reviewed, open-access journal publishing original articles by 
Cuban and international researchers on themes such as Cuban population health, 
strategies for health equity, policy and practice, biomedical R&D, health 
systems, health outcomes, human resources in health, and international 
cooperation in the health sector. MEDICC Review is published by Medical 
Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC), a non-profit organization working to 
enhance cooperation among the US, Cuban and global health communities aimed at 
better health outcomes.www.medicc.org


      
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