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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;
">MEDICC Review: The International Journal
of Cuban Health & Medicine</span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="">New issue now online: Vision Health in Cuba</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.2in;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In this issue: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;
">Cuban Epidemic Neuropathy, special-needs children in Cuban education,
and interview with the president of Cuba’s National Association of Blind
Persons. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Plus surgical results for congenital esotropia and
simple congenital ptosis. <b style=""></b></span></p>
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margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><i style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other papers on: diabetes mellitus in pregnancy,
imatinib for chronic myeloid leukemia, and a 20-year review of the Cuban
experience in clinical trials.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Plus:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span><i style=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A special report on
the <b style="">Cuban Medical Team in Haiti</b> one
year after the earthquake.<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><b style=""></b></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;">“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.<span style=""> </span>They can also be
bureaucratic, technological, and above all psychological,” José Blanch,
President of the National Association of Blind Persons in Cuba, in </span><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">MEDICC Review</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;
">MEDICC Review</span></i></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;
">is an <b style=""><i style="
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">of current and past issues may be freely viewed and downloaded at <b style=""><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/">http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/</a></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;
">MEDICC Review</span></i></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;"> Vol. 13, No 1 January, 2011</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;
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Contents</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#006566;">Editorial</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="tocarticle"><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Through a Cuban Lens</span></b></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;"> <span lang="EN-GB"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=172&a=va"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;
">http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=172&a=va</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
"> <span lang="EN-GB"></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#006566;">Feature</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Visually-Impaired
Children in Havana: Challenges of Education, Rehabilitation and Inclusion</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=176&a=va"><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
">http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=176&a=va</span></b></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gail
Reed MS</span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#006566;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#006566;">Interviews</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;
">In the Eye of the Cuban Epidemic Neuropathy Storm: </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;
">Rosaralis Santiesteban MD PhD, Director of the Neuro-ophthalmology,
Neurology and Neurosurgery Institute</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=177&a=va"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;">http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=177&a=va</span></b></a><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
"> <span lang="EN-GB"></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Christina Mills MD
FRCPC</span></i></p>
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"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;
">A Cuban NGO Perspective on Disabilities:<br>
José Blanch MD MPH, President, National Association of Blind Persons</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=178&a=va"><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
">http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=178&a=va</span></b></a><b style=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;
">Gail Reed MS</span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.2in;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#006566;">Original Research<br>
</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Results of Surgery
for Cogenital Esotropia</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.2in;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span lang="ES"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=179&a=va"><b style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;">http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=179&a=va</span></b></a></span><b style=""><span lang="ES" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.2in;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><i style=""><span lang="ES" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pedro D. Castro MD, et al.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.2in;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><i style=""><span lang="ES" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.2in;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
">Improved Visual Acuity after
Frontalis Sling Surgery for Simple Congenital Ptosis</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.2in;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span lang="ES"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=180&a=va"><b style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;">http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=180&a=va</span></b></a></span><b style=""><span lang="ES" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.2in;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><i style=""><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gustavo Rodriguez MD,
et al.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.2in;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><i style=""><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.2in;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
">Clinical and Epidemiological
Profile of Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy, <br>
Isle of Youth, 2008</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.2in;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span lang="ES"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=181&a=va"><b style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;">http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=181&a=va</span></b></a></span><b style=""><span lang="ES" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.2in;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><i style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
">Heenry L. Dávila MD MPH, et al.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.2in;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><i style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.2in;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
">Introduction of Imatinib as
First-line Therapy for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in Cuba</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.2in;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span lang="ES"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=182&a=va"><b style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;">http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=182&a=va</span></b></a></span><b style=""><span lang="ES" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.2in;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><i style=""><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Valia Pavón MD, et
al.</span></i><i style=""><span lang="ES" style="font-size:10.0pt;"></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.2in;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span lang="ES" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br style="
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margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#006566;">Abstracts</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cuban Research in Current International
Journals</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=183&a=va"><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
">http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=183&a=va</span></b></a><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
"> </span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#006566;">Reprint<br>
</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cuba’s National Clinical Trials Coordinating
Center: Emergence, Evolution, and Main Results</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=184&a=va"><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
">http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=184&a=va</span></b></a><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-size:10.0pt;
">Maria A. Pascual MD, et al.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-size:10.0pt;
">Revista Cubana de Farmicia</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-size:10.0pt;
"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-size:10.0pt;
color:#006566;">International
Cooperation Report</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Haiti
One Year Later: Cuban Medical Team Draws on Experience and Partnerships</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=185&a=va"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=185&a=va</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
">Conner Gorry, MA</span></i><i style=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;
"></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#006566;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#006566;">Viewpoint<br>
</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Addressing Cuba’s Aging Population: Why
Epimapping Needs to Go Local</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=186&a=va"><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
">http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=186&a=va</span></b></a><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-size:10.0pt;
">Pedro Más Md PhD DrSc</span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#006566;">About the Contributors</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> <span lang="EN-GB"></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;
">Learn more about the Contributors</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span></span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=15&id=173&a=va"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;
">Letters to the Editor</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#006566;">Peer Reviewers </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;
">Peer Reviewers 2010</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;
">MEDICC Review: The International
Journal of Cuban Health & Medicine</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;
"> 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. <b><i>MEDICC Review</i></b>
is published by <b style="">Medical Education
Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC)</b>, a </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">non-profit organization working to enhance
cooperation among the US, Cuban and global health communities aimed at better
health outcomes.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;
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