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<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">MEDICC
Review: The International Journal of Cuban Health & Medicine</span></i></b></div>
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<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><b><span style="">New issue
now online! </span></b></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><b><span style="">Gender
& Health in Cuba</span></b></div>
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<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">In
this issue: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">an examination of gender and health in Cuba
with articles on incorporating a gender perspective in Cuba’s health system, right
to health care for transsexual people, breast cancer testimony, and portrayals
of sensitive social issues on Cuban TV serials.<b> </b>Plus, original research on
hormones and menopausal women, kinanthropometric profile of Cuban women
volleyball champions, and visually-impaired child candidates for cochlear
implants in Cuba.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv976709794MsoBodyText2" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.2in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
">Featuring:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
"> <i> </i><b>Revolutionizing
Gender</b>, an interview with Mariela Castro MS, Director, National Sex
Education Center.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv976709794MsoBodyText2" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0.2in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
">“...inequities—not just sexual orientation and gender identity, but also
discrimination based on skin color, religious beliefs, where someone lives,
disabilities or any other…none of these have any place in our society, now or
in the future. ” Mariela Castro MS, Director,
National Sex Education Center, in <i>MEDICC
Review</i>.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Plus </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thirty Years after
the Cuban Hemorrhagic Dengue Epidemic of 1981, a reprint.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">MEDICC Review</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
">is an <b><i>open-access peer-reviewed journal</i></b>. Full-text
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<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><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 14, No 2 April, 2012</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;
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<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.5pt;
">Table of
Contents</span></b></div>
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<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#006566;">Editorial</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=20&id=243&a=va"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
">Gender & Health: Towards a Consensus on Rights,
Policy and Public Opinion</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"></span></b></div>
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<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#006566;">Interview</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=20&id=246&a=va"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Revolutionizing
Gender: Mariela Castro MS, Director, National Sex Education Center, Cuba</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"></span></b></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gail
Reed MS</span></i></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></i></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#006566;">Original Research</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv976709794bodytext" align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=20&id=248&a=va"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:120%;">Hormone Profile of Menopausal Women in Havana</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:120%;"></span></b></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><i><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:10.0pt;
">Daysi Navarro MD PhD, et al.</span></i></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><i><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:10.0pt;
"> </span></i></div>
<div class="yiv976709794Abstracts8pt" align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=20&id=249&a=va"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:120%;">Kinanthropometric Profile of Cuban Women Volleyball Champions</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:120%;"></span></b></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><i><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:10.0pt;
">William Carvajal MS, et al.</span></i></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><i><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:10.0pt;
"> </span></i></div>
<div class="yiv976709794Abstracts8pt" align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=20&id=250&a=va"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:120%;">Cross-Modal Plasticity in Cuban Visually-Impaired Child Cochlear Implant
Candidates:<br>
Topography of Somatosensory Evoked Potentials</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:120%;"></span></b></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><i><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:10.0pt;
">Lidia E. Charroó-Ruíz MD MS, et
al.</span></i></div>
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"> </span></i></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#006566;">Special Article</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv976709794bodytext" align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=20&id=247&a=va"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:120%;">Speaking from Experience: Today’s Cuban Women and Breast Cancer</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:120%;"></span></b></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Marta
Núñez MS PhD</span></i></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></i></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#006566;">Perspective</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv976709794subtitle" style="font-size: 12pt; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=20&id=252&a=va"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;">The Right
to Health Care for Transsexual People in Cuba</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 120%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Alberto
Roque MD and R. Mayra Rodríguez MS</span></i></div>
<div class="yiv976709794subtitle" style="font-size: 12pt; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=20&id=253&a=va"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;">Incorporating a Gender Perspective into Cuba’s
Health System:<br>
Realities and Challenges</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 120%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">
</span></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Leticia
Artiles MS PhD</span></i></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></i></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#006566;">Lessons from the Field</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv976709794bodytext" align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=20&id=251&a=va"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:120%;">Mental Health of Primary Caregivers for Children and Adolescents with
HIV/AIDS in Cuba<span style="display:none;">,inrty Years after the
Cuban Hemorrhagic Dengue Epidemic of 1981, a reprint.ayals on Sensitive Social
Issues on Cuban TV Serials</span></span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;"></span></b></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><i><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:10.0pt;
">Yasel Santiesteban, et al.</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"></span></i></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></i></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#006566;">Abstracts</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=20&id=254&a=va"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cuban Research in
Current International Journals</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"></span></b></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></b></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#006566;">Reprint</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv976709794subtitle" style="font-size: 12pt; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=20&id=255&a=va"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:120%;">Thirty Years after the Cuban Hemorrhagic Dengue
Epidemic of 1981</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 120%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "></span></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">María
G. Guzmán MD PhD DrSc</span></i></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></i></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#006566;">Viewpoint</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv976709794bodytext" align="left" style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=20&id=256&a=va"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:120%;">High Time: Cuban TV Serials Spur Debate on Sensitive Social Issues</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:120%;"></span></b></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dixie
E. Trinquete MS</span></i></div>
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<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#006566;">About the Contributors</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv976709794MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=20&id=244&a=va"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Learn more about the
Contributors</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "></span></b></div>
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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
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