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MEDICC Review: The International Journal
of Cuban Health & Medicine
 
New issue now online! From the Front Lines of Research
& Practice
 
In
this issue: Covering innovative approaches from the front
lines of Cuban population health and clinical research, featuring articles on
rural health improvements—the evolution of rural health in Cuba and medical
training in The Gambia.  Original
research articles include recombinant erythropoietin for Parkinson’s disease,
vaccine-related adverse events in Cuban children and endoscopy in Cuban primary
care settings.Plus a Cuban
perspective on management of persistent vegetative state.  
 
Featuring: APersonal Reflection on Rural Service 50 Years Later by Francisco Rojas Ochoa MD PhD, recipient of PAHO’s Award for Health Administration and one of the
founders of Cuba’s Rural Medical Service.
 
“I
set off with my little black bag, some pills, and not much else.  There was nothing there—no hospital, no
doctor’s office, no pharmacy.  There were
just people who needed attention.” Dr. Francisco Rojas Ochoa 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. 14, No 1 January, 2012
Table of Contents
 
 
Editorial
Getting
to the Root of the Matter
 
Feature
Over
the Hills & Far Away: Rural Health in Cuba
Conner GorryMA           
 
Original Research
 
Use
of Cuban Recombinant Human Erythropoietin in Parkinson’s 
Disease
Treatment
Ivonne
Pedroso MD MS, et al.
 
Lipid
Levels as Predictors of Silent Myocardial Ischemia in a Type 2 
Diabetic
Population in Havana
Yamilé
Peña MD PhD, et al.
 
HIV-2
Antibody Detection after Indeterminate or Negative HIV-1 Western 
Blot
in Cuba, 2005–2008
Dervel
F. Díaz MS, et al.
 
Endoscopic
Findings and Associated Risk Factors in Primary Health Care 
Settings
in Havana, Cuba
Enrique
Galbán MD PhD, et al.
 
Vaccine-Related
Adverse Events in Cuban Children,1999–2008
Belkys
M. Galindo MD MS, et al.
Special Article
A
Cuban Perspective on Management of Persistent Vegetative State 
Calixto
Machado MD PhD DrSc FAAN, et al.
 
Lessons from the Field
Organization
and Startup of The Gambia’s New Community-Based 
Medical Programme 
José A. Chávez MD MS, et al.
 
Abstracts
Cuban
Research in Current International Journals
 
Reprint
The
Mosquito Hypothetically Considered as the Transmitting Agent of 
Yellow Fever 
Carlos
J. Finlay MD
 
Viewpoint
A
Personal Reflection on Rural Service 50 Years Later  
Francisco Rojas OchoaMD 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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