<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui37223136734529980057"><b><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">MEDICC
Review: The International Journal of Cuban Health & Medicine</span></i></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui37223136734529980059"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">New issue now online!</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui37223136734529980060"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Learning from Cuban
Primary Health Care</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui37223136734529980061"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui37223136734529980062"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In
this issue: </span></b></span><span class="yui37223136734529980063"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">the evolution of Cuba’s family nurses, integral to
the family doctor-and-nurse teams that serve as the foundation for the
country’s primary health care system; the lack of published research from Cuban
primary health care; </span></span><span class="yui37223136734529980064"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">neighborhood & household influences on
health risks</span></span><span class="yui37223136734529980065"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">; predicting diabetes risk in primary care,
ventilator-associated pneumonia in a Havana ICU, and implications of Cuba’s
current health reform. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui37223136734529980067"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui37223136734529980069"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“<i>The doctor-and-nurse
teams next door, community polyclinics, maternity homes, mental health centers,
seniors’ day centers—all form part of a network of over 12,000 facilities
dedicated to resolving some 80% of population health problems, compared to
under 200 facilities at other levels of care.”</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui37223136734529980070"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Featuring: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=24&id=302&a=va" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">An historical overview of how
Cuba eliminated polio</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui37223136734529980075"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui37223136734529980076"><b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">MEDICC
Review</span></i></b></span><span class="yui37223136734529980077"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></b></span><span class="yui37223136734529980078"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">is an <b><i>open-access
peer-reviewed journal</i></b>. Full-text articles </span></span><span class="yui37223136734529980079"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">of current and past
issues may be freely viewed and downloaded at <b><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/">http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/</a></b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><span lang="ES" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#003366;mso-ansi-language:ES">
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui37223136734529980083"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">MEDICC Review</span></i></b></span><span class="yui37223136734529980084"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Vol 15, No 2 April, 2013</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui37223136734529980086"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui37223136734529980087"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Table of Contents</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui37223136734529980088"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#006566"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui37223136734529980089"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#006566">Editorial </span></b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="s1"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=24&id=295&a=va">Primary
Health Care: Starting Point for Health Equity</a> </span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui37223136734529980091"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#006566"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800274"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#006566">Feature </span></b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#006566"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=24&id=297&a=va">Primary
Care Forward: Raising the Profile of Cuba's Nursing Profession</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Conner Gorry MA<u1:p></u1:p></span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800100"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#006566">Original
Research</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=24&id=298&a=va">Contextual
and Individual Influences on Diabetes and Heart Disease in Havana Primary Care
Catchment Areas</a></span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800105"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Georgia
Díaz-Perera MD MPH PhD, et al.</span></i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800106"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=24&id=299&a=va">Diabetes
Risk in a Cuban Primary Care Setting in Persons with No Known Glucose
Abnormalities</a></span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800110"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Adrian A.
Naranjo, et al.</span></i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800111"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800373"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=24&id=300&a=va">Prognostic
Value of Gated SPECT after Reperfusion for Acute Myocardial Infarction</a></span></b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br>
<span class="yui372231367345299800379"><i>Lázaro O. Cabrera-Rodríguez MD, et al.</i></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<u1:p></u1:p>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800115"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=24&id=301&a=va">Nosocomial
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Cuban Intensive Care Units: Bacterial
Species and Antibiotic Resistance</a></span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800119"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Manuel Medell,
at al.</span></i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800120"><i><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:ES-AR"> </span></i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800121"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#006566">Review Article</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=24&id=302&a=va">Poliomyelitis
and its Elimination in Cuba: An Historical Overview</a></span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800125"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Enrique
Beldarraín MD PhD</span></i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800126"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800127"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#006566">Lessons
from the Field</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=24&id=303&a=va">Baseline
Research for Action: Adolescent Alcohol Consumption in Los Palacios Municipality,
Cuba</a></span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800131"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Yolanda
Díaz MS and Yairelis Espinosa</span></i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800132"><b><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800133"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#006566">Abstracts</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800134"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=24&id=304&a=va">Cuban
Research in Current International Journals</a></span></b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800136"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#006566"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800137"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#006566">Reprint</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=24&id=305&a=va">Overview
of Evolving Changes in Cuba's Health Services</a> </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800141"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Luisa
Iñiguez DrSc Revista Cubana de Salud Pública</span></i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800142"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800143"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#006566">Viewpoint</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yiv3395698479msohyperlink"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=24&id=306&a=va">Cuban
Publishing on Primary Health Care: An Inexcusable Absence</a> </span></b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800145"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Mikhail
Benet MD PhD</span></i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800146"><i><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800147"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#006566">About
the Contributors</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 13.5pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800148"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.medicc.org/mediccreview/index.php?issue=24&id=296&a=va" target="_blank"><b>Learn More About the Contributors</b></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span class="yui372231367345299800150"><b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">MEDICC
Review: The International Journal of Cuban Health & Medicine</span></i></b></span><span class="yui372231367345299800151"><span style="font-size: 10pt; 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/" target="_blank">www.medicc.org</a></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></body></html>