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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">MEDICC Review: The International
Journal of Cuban Health & Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">New issue now online: Child & Adolescent Health<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The topics: Cuba’s national pediatric cardiology network,
the scope of childhood cancer on the island, and innovative UNICEF-supported programs
being adopted by other Latin American countries, plus emerging public health
challenges such as childhood obesity. Also in this issue: maternal morbidity in
ICUs, and hospital management in times of economic crisis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">“I always say that applying the tenets of the
Convention of the Rights of the Child isn’t a question of resources, but rather
one of political will,” <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">José Juan Ortiz,
UNICEF Representative in Cuba</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> in <b><i>MEDICC
Review</i></b>.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Plus: </span><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Once the Earth Stood Still (Part
I):<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Cuban Rehabilitation Services in
Haiti</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">, a special report from MEDICC Review’s senior editor on
assignment in Port-au-Prince, on Cuban medical teams serving beyond the
emergency phase of earthquake recovery.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> Vol. 12, No 2 - 2010</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006566">Editorial</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=12&id=136&a=va">Child
Health: A Global Responsibility</a></span></u><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3333FF;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=10&id=110&a=va"></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006566">Letters to the Editors<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#3333FF"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=12&id=137&a=va">Letters
to the Editors</a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></u></p>
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mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006566">Policy & Practice<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#3333FF"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=12&id=138&a=va">Cuba’s
National Pediatric Cardiology Program</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:ES;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Ramón Casanova, MD, PhD, et
al.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black;mso-ansi-language:ES;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006566">Interview</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#3333FF"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=12&id=139&a=va">Protecting
Children Takes More Will than Resources:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>José Juan Ortiz, UNICEF Representative in Cuba</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Conner Gorry, MA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006566">Original Scientific Articles<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#003A40">Research & Practice<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#3333FF"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=12&id=140&a=va">Excess
Weight and Adiposity in Children and Adolescents in Havana, Cuba: <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Prevalence and Trends, 1972 to 2005</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:ES">Mercedes Esquivel,
MD, PhD, et al.</span><b><span lang="ES" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#003A40;mso-ansi-language:ES"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="ES" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#003A40;mso-ansi-language:ES"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#003A40">Research & Practice<br>
</span></b><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#3333FF"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=12&id=141&a=va">Childhood
Cancer Incidence in Cuba, 2001 to 2003</a></span></u><b><span style="font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003A40"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:ES">Priscila Torres,
MD, et al.</span><span lang="ES" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:ES"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:ES"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#003A40">Research & Practice</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-style:
italic"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=12&id=142&a=va">Characterization
of Obstetric Patients with Multiple Organ Failure in the Intensive Care Unit of
a Havana Teaching Hospital, 1998 to 2006</a></span></u><span style="font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:ES;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Albadio Pérez, MD, PhD, MS, et
al.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="ES" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;mso-ansi-language:ES"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006566">Abstracts</span></b><span style="color:#006566;mso-bidi-font-style:italic"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=12&id=143&a=va">Cuban
Research in Current International Journals</a></span></u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006566">Reprint</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#3333FF"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=12&id=144&a=va">Public
Hospital Management in Times of Crisis: <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Lessons
Learned from Cienfuegos, Cuba (1996—2008)</a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:ES;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Pol De Vos, et al. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:ES;mso-bidi-font-style:italic"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006566">International Cooperation
Report</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006566;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#3333FF"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=12&id=145&a=va">Once
the Earth Stood Still (Part I):<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Cuban
Rehabilitation Services in Haiti</a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Conner Gorry, MA</span><b><span style="font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="sections1"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">And</span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006566">Viewpoint</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#3333FF"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=12&id=146&a=va">Fitness
vs. Obesity in Cuban Children: <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Battling
the Biases of Gender and Geography</a></span></u><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3333FF;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Manuel Hernández-Triana, MD, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#666666;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">MEDICC Review: The International
Journal of Cuban Health & Medicine</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB"> is 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. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">MEDICC Review,</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB"> the first journal of its kind in English, is published by Medical
Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC), a </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">non-profit organization working to enhance
cooperation among the US, Cuban and global health communities aimed at better
health outcomes. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Its international Editorial Board
includes 43 members from 14 countries in North America, Africa, Europe, Latin
America and the Caribbean. <a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview" title="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
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