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MEDICC
Review: The International Journal of Cuban Health & Medicine
 
New issue
now online! 
Confronting
Chronic Diseases: Evidence for Action
 
In
this issue: On the heels of the UN High-Level Meeting on Non-communicable
Diseases (NCDs), original research on acute myocardial infarction in Cuba, El Salvador’s
chronic kidney disease epidemic, and dementia and other chronic diseases in
Cuban seniors. Plus perspectives on NCD risk factors including alcohol and
tobacco use.  
 
Featuring: Cardiovascular
Health in the Americasby guest editor Pedro Ordúñez MD
PhD advisor to PAHO/WHO on chronic disease prevention and control
 
“...I
am optimistic about tackling NCDs precisely because I think we have the
opportunity as never before to educate people, to involve people, and generate
conscious changes…”, Mariano Bonet MD, Director,
National Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology Institute 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 4 October, 2011
 
Table of
Contents
 
Editorial
‘We
Are Still Challenged to be Dissatisfied’
 
Policy & Practice
Cardiovascular
Health in the Americas: Facts, Priorities and 
the
UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases
Pedro
Ordúñez MD PhD
 
Interview
New
Survey Results Enhance Cuba’s NCD Surveillance: Mariano Bonet MD
Director,
National Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology Institute
Gail Reed
MS
 
Original Research
Chronic
Kidney Disease and Associated Risk Factors 
in
the Bajo Lempa Region of
El Salvador: Nefrolempa Study, 2009
Carlos Manuel Orantes MD, et al.
 
Acute
Myocardial Infarction Incidence, Mortality and Case Fatality 
in
Santa Clara, Cuba, 2007–2008
Alberto
Morales MD MPH, at al.
 
Dementia
and Other Chronic Diseases in Older Adults in Havana and Matanzas: 
The 10/66 Study in Cuba
Juan de Jesús Llibre MD MPH PhD, et al.
 
Tobacco
and Alcohol Use in Cuban Women
Patricia Varona MD, et al.
 
Role
of Herpesvirus as a Cause of Mononucleosis-Like and 
Febrile Syndromes in Cuba, 2006–2009
Consuelo Correa MD MS, et al.
 
Perspective
Alcohol:
Friend or Foe? 
Ricardo A. González MD PhD DrSc
 
Abstracts
Cuban
Research in Current International Journals
 
Viewpoint
Women
& Smoking: Becoming Part of the Solution
Nery
Suárez PhD
 

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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