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11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">MEDICC Review: The International Journal
of Cuban Health & Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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"Arial","sans-serif"">New issue now online! From the Front Lines of Research
& Practice<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In
this issue: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">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.<b> </b>Plus a Cuban
perspective on management of persistent vegetative state. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Featuring:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US"> </span><i><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">A</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> <b>Personal Reflection on Rural Service 50 Years Later</b> by <st1:personname productid="Francisco Rojas Ochoa" w:st="on">Francisco Rojas Ochoa</st1:personname>
MD PhD, recipient of PAHO’s Award for Health Administration and one of the
founders of Cuba’s Rural Medical Service.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“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. <st1:personname productid="Francisco Rojas Ochoa" w:st="on">Francisco Rojas Ochoa</st1:personname>
in <i>MEDICC Review</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> Vol. 14, No 1 January, 2012</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
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EN-GB">Table of Contents<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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1"><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></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006566">Editorial<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=19&id=229&a=va">Getting
to the Root of the Matter</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006566">Feature</span></b></div>
<div class="bodytext" align="left" style="text-align:left;mso-outline-level:1"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:120%"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=19&id=232&a=va">Over
the Hills & Far Away: Rural Health in Cuba</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
<div class="bodytext" align="left" style="text-align:left;mso-outline-level:1"><st1:personname productid="Conner Gorry" w:st="on"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
120%">Conner Gorry</span></i></st1:personname><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:120%"> MA</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006566">Original Research</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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color:#006566"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="bodytext" align="left" style="text-align:left;mso-outline-level:1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
120%"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=19&id=233&a=va">Use
of Cuban Recombinant Human Erythropoietin in Parkinson’s <o:p></o:p></a></span></b></div>
<div class="bodytext" align="left" style="text-align:left;mso-outline-level:1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=19&id=233&a=va">Disease
Treatment</a></span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="Abstracts8pt" align="left" style="text-align:left;mso-outline-level:1"><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA">Ivonne
Pedroso MD MS, et al.</span></i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:120%;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Abstracts8pt" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<div class="Abstracts8pt" align="left" style="text-align:left;mso-outline-level:1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
120%"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=19&id=234&a=va">Lipid
Levels as Predictors of Silent Myocardial Ischemia in a Type 2 <o:p></o:p></a></span></b></div>
<div class="Abstracts8pt" align="left" style="text-align:left;mso-outline-level:1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=19&id=234&a=va">Diabetic
Population in Havana</a></span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="Abstracts8pt" align="left" style="text-align:left;mso-outline-level:1"><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA">Yamilé
Peña MD PhD, et al.</span></i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:120%;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Abstracts8pt" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<div class="Abstracts8pt" align="left" style="text-align:left;mso-outline-level:1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
120%"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=19&id=235&a=va">HIV-2
Antibody Detection after Indeterminate or Negative HIV-1 Western <o:p></o:p></a></span></b></div>
<div class="Abstracts8pt" align="left" style="text-align:left;mso-outline-level:1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span lang="ES" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;mso-ansi-language:ES"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=19&id=235&a=va">Blot
in Cuba, 2005–2008</a></span></b></span><b><span lang="ES" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;mso-ansi-language:ES"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="Abstracts8pt" align="left" style="text-align:left;mso-outline-level:1"><i><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;mso-ansi-language:ES-TRAD">Dervel
F. Díaz MS, et al.</span></i><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:120%;mso-ansi-language:ES-TRAD"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Abstracts8pt" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;mso-ansi-language:ES-TRAD"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<div class="Abstracts8pt" align="left" style="text-align:left;mso-outline-level:1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
120%"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=19&id=236&a=va">Endoscopic
Findings and Associated Risk Factors in Primary Health Care <o:p></o:p></a></span></b></div>
<div class="Abstracts8pt" align="left" style="text-align:left;mso-outline-level:1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=19&id=236&a=va">Settings
in Havana, Cuba</a></span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="Abstracts8pt" align="left" style="text-align:left;mso-outline-level:1"><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA">Enrique
Galbán MD PhD, et al.</span></i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:120%;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Abstracts8pt" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<div class="Abstracts8pt" align="left" style="text-align:left;mso-outline-level:1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
120%"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=19&id=237&a=va">Vaccine-Related
Adverse Events in Cuban Children,1999–2008</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="Abstracts8pt" align="left" style="text-align:left;mso-outline-level:1"><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA">Belkys
M. Galindo MD MS, et al.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006566">Special Article</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Abstracts8pt" align="left" style="text-align:left;mso-outline-level:1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
120%"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=19&id=238&a=va">A
Cuban Perspective on Management of Persistent Vegetative State</a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="Abstracts8pt" align="left" style="text-align:left;mso-outline-level:1"><i><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;mso-ansi-language:ES-TRAD">Calixto
Machado MD PhD DrSc FAAN, et al.</span></i><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:120%;mso-ansi-language:ES-TRAD"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="bodytext" align="left" style="text-align:left"><i><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;mso-ansi-language:ES-TRAD"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006566">Lessons from the Field</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="bodytext" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=19&id=239&a=va">Organization
and Startup of The Gambia’s New Community-Based <br>
Medical Programme</a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="Abstracts8pt"><i><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
120%;mso-ansi-language:ES-TRAD">José A. Chávez MD MS, et al.</span></i><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;mso-ansi-language:ES-TRAD"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Abstracts8pt"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
120%;mso-ansi-language:ES-TRAD"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006566">Abstracts</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="bodytext" align="left" style="text-align:left;mso-outline-level:1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
120%"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=19&id=240&a=va">Cuban
Research in Current International Journals</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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10.0pt;line-height:120%"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006566">Reprint</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="subtitle"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 120%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=19&id=241&a=va">The
Mosquito Hypothetically Considered as the Transmitting Agent of <br>
Yellow Fever</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="Abstracts8pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%">Carlos
J. Finlay MD</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="bodytext" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:120%"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006566">Viewpoint</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=19&id=242&a=va">A
Personal Reflection on Rural Service 50 Years Later </a> <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
<div class="Abstracts8pt"><st1:personname productid="Francisco Rojas Ochoa" w:st="on"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:120%">Francisco Rojas Ochoa</span></i></st1:personname><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%"> MD PhD<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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</span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">MEDICC
Review: The International Journal of Cuban Health & Medicine</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> 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>Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba
(MEDICC)</b>, a non-profit organization working to enhance cooperation among
the US, Cuban and global health communities aimed at better health outcomes. <a href="http://www.medicc.org/">www.medicc.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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