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Now Online! October 2019 MEDICC Review Special Issue 

 

When representatives of nearly 200 countries gather at the UN High-level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage, MEDICC Review takes the opportunity to share with readers both the results and challenges of several Cuban programs and strategies that have extended the right to health in Cuba and abroad.

 

In this issue:
   
   - Science and Challenges for Cuban Public Health in the 21st Century
   - Six Decades of Cuban Global Health Cooperation
   - Cuba’s Women of Science:  Of Glass Ceilings, Velvet Circles and Pink-Collar Ghettoes
   - Maternity homes: Results over 55 years
   - Cuban Strategy and Medical Cooperation to Combat Ebola
   - A Cuban Perspective on the Antivaccination Movement
   - Healthy Public Policy in All Sectors

 

And much more...

 

Table of Contents October 2019, Vol 21, No 4

EDITORIAL
The Right to Health: The Devil is in the Doing

SPECIAL ARTICLE
Science and Challenges for Cuban Public Health in the 21st Century
Agustín Lage MD PhD

INTERVIEW
Of Glass Ceilings, Velvet Circles and Pink-Collar Ghettoes: Lilliam Álvarez MS PhD
Secretary, Cuban Academy of Sciences
Gail Reed MS

POLICY & PRACTICE
Cuban Meningococcal Vaccine VA-MENGOC-BC: 30 Years of Use and Future Potential
V. Gustavo Sierra-González MD PhD

Cuba’s Maternity Homes, 1962–2017: History, Evolution, Challenges
Francisco Rojas-Ochoa MD PhD

Sickle Cell Anemia in Cuba: Prevention and Management, 1982–2018
Beatriz Marcheco-Teruel MD PhD

Hereditary Ataxias in Cuba:
Results and Impact of a Comprehensive, Multidisciplinary Project
Roberto Rodríguez-Labrada PhD, et al.

Epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease of Nontraditional Etiology in El Salvador:
Integrated Health Sector Action and South–South Cooperation
Raúl Herrera-Valdés MD MS PhD DSc, et al.

Cuban Strategy and Medical Cooperation to Combat Ebola, 2014–2016
Jorge Pérez-Avila MD MS, et al.

PERSPECTIVE
The Challenge of Eliminating Childhood Tuberculosis in Cuba
Gladys Abreu-Suárez MD MS PhD, et al.

A Cuban Perspective on the Antivaccination Movement
Belkys M. Galindo-Santana MD MS PhD, et al.

Cuban Experience Using Growth and Development as a Positive Indicator of Child Health
Mercedes Esquivel-Lauzurique MD PhD, et al.

Universal Health in Cuba: Healthy Public Policy in All Sectors
Pastor Castell-Florit Serrate MD PhD DSc

Cuba’s Role in International Atomic Energy Agency Regional Cooperation in Cardiology
Amalia Peix MD PhD DSc, Berta García MS

FEATURE
Six Decades of Cuban Global Health Cooperation
Conner Gorry MA

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

Available online only
ABSTRACTS
Cuban Research in Current International Journals




MEDICC Review (ISSN 1527-3172, online)is a quarterly journal published by MEDICC (Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba), a nonprofit organization founded in 1997 to enhance cooperation among the US, Cuban, and global health communities aimed at better health outcomes and equity. 




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