<html><head></head><body><span><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">OCTOBER 2018 issue now online</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. . .</span></i></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><i><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">MEDICC Review</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">is the first peer-reviewed journal in English featuring original Cuban medical and population health research, public health policy and practice. The journal also carries international research and writing on themes related to health equity.</span></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><i><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">MEDICC Review </span></i></b><b><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">is an OPEN-ACCESS JOURNAL, freely available online.<br><br></span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Editors’ Choice:</span></b></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-top: 0in;"><li class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal"><span class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mediccreview.org/what-happened-to-the-us-diplomats-in-havana-mitchell-valdes-md-phd-director-cuban-neuroscience-center/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Call for Global Meeting on US Diplomats’ Health Complaints</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></li><li class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal"><span class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mediccreview.org/rising-cancer-drug-prices-what-can-low-and-middle-income-countries-do/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Joining to Tackle Rising Cancer Drug Prices</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></li><li class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal"><span class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><a href="http://mediccreview.org/translating-the-shared-value-of-solidarity-cristian-morales-phd-paho-who-representative-in-cuba/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Exclusive with Departing Cuba PAHO Rep</a></span></span></span></li></ul><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Also in this issue:</span></b></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; margin-top: 0in;"><li class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal"><span class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mediccreview.org/the-power-of-persistence-maria-amparo-pascual-md-ms-founding-director-national-clinical-trials-coordinating-center-havana/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span lang="ES-TRAD">An Outstanding Cuban Woman Scientist: María Amparo Pascual</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></li><li class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal"><span class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mediccreview.org/a-tax-based-noncontributory-universal-health-financing-system-can-accelerate-progress-toward-universal-health-coverage-in-nigeria/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Proposal for Financing UHC in Nigeria</span></a></span></span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></b></li><li class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal"><span class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mediccreview.org/antenatal-diagnosis-of-de-novo-balanced-structural-chromosome-aberrations-in-latin-america/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Antenatal Genetic Screening in Latin America</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></li><li class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal"><span class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mediccreview.org/uk-medical-students-experience-of-culture-communication-in-cuban-health-care/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span lang="ES-TRAD">UK Med Students on Cuban Health Care</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></li></ul><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></i></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">And more...</span></i></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" align="center" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Table of Contents October 2018 (</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Vol 20, No 4)</span></b></font></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: navy;"> </span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 101, 102);">Editorial</span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: middle;"><span class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mediccreview.org/power-politics-and-population-health-the-strength-of-collaboration/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Power, Politics and Population Health: The Strength of Collaboration</span></a></span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 101, 102);"> </span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mediccreview.org/strengthening-national-health-priorities-for-diabetes-prevention-and-management/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Letters</span></a></span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 101, 102);"></span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: middle;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 101, 102);">Interview</span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mediccreview.org/the-power-of-persistence-maria-amparo-pascual-md-ms-founding-director-national-clinical-trials-coordinating-center-havana/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span lang="ES-TRAD">The Power of Persistence:</span></a></span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoHyperlink"><b><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mediccreview.org/the-power-of-persistence-maria-amparo-pascual-md-ms-founding-director-national-clinical-trials-coordinating-center-havana/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">María Amparo MD MS, National Clinical Trials Coordinating Center, Havana</a></span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Conner Gorry MA</span></i></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);"> </span></i></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mediccreview.org/translating-the-shared-value-of-solidarity-cristian-morales-phd-paho-who-representative-in-cuba/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Translating the Shared Value of Solidarity:</span></a></span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoHyperlink"><b><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mediccreview.org/translating-the-shared-value-of-solidarity-cristian-morales-phd-paho-who-representative-in-cuba/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christian Morales PhD, PAHO/WHO Representative in Cuba</a></span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Gail Reed MS</span></i></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mediccreview.org/what-happened-to-the-us-diplomats-in-havana-mitchell-valdes-md-phd-director-cuban-neuroscience-center/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span lang="ES-TRAD">What Happened to the US Diplomats in Havana?</span></a></span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoHyperlink"><b><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mediccreview.org/what-happened-to-the-us-diplomats-in-havana-mitchell-valdes-md-phd-director-cuban-neuroscience-center/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mitchell Valdés MD PhD, Cuban Neuroscience Center</a></span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Gail Reed MS</span></i><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 101, 102);"> </span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 101, 102);">Original Research</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mediccreview.org/estimating-normal-values-of-rare-t-lymphocyte-populations-in-peripheral-blood-of-healthy-cuban-adults/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Estimating Normal Values of Rare T-Lymphocyte Populations in Peripheral Blood of Healthy Cuban Adults</span></a></span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Carlos A. Villegas-Valverde MD MS, et al. </span></i></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></i></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mediccreview.org/antenatal-diagnosis-of-de-novo-balanced-structural-chromosome-aberrations-in-latin-america/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Antenatal Diagnosis of De Novo Balanced Structural Chromosomal Aberrations in Latin America</span></a></span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Luis A. Méndez-Rosado MS PhD, et al. </span></i><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 101, 102);">Perspective</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mediccreview.org/rising-cancer-drug-prices-what-can-low-and-middle-income-countries-do/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Rising Cancer Drugs Prices: What Can Low- and Middle-income Countries do?</span></a></span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Einard Blanco-García MS, et al.</span></i></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></i></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mediccreview.org/a-tax-based-noncontributory-universal-health-financing-system-can-accelerate-progress-toward-universal-health-coverage-in-nigeria/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span lang="ES-TRAD">A Tax-based, Noncontributory, Health-Financing System Can Accelerate Progress toward Universal Health Coverage in Nigeria</span></a></span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Bolaji S. Aregbeshola MScPH </span></i></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 101, 102);"></span></i></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 101, 102);">Viewpoint</span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mediccreview.org/uk-medical-students-experience-of-culture-communication-in-cuban-health-care/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span lang="ES-TRAD">UK Medical Students’ Experience of Culture & Communication in Cuban Health Care</span></a></span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Jacob Levi MD and Isabelle Erbacher MD</span></i><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 101, 102);"></span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 101, 102);"> </span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mediccreview.org/the-enigma-of-us-diplomats-health-symptoms-in-havana-call-for-a-global-scientific-meeting/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span lang="ES-TRAD">The Enigma of US Diplomats’ Health Symptoms In Havana: Call For a Global Scientific Meeting</span></a></span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></b></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Luis Velázquez-Pérez MD PhD DrSc</span></i></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></i></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 101, 102);">Abstracts</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 101, 102);"></span></p><div><span class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><a href="http://mediccreview.org/cuban-research-in-current-international-journals-39/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cuban Research in Current International Journals</a></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></b></span></div><div><span class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></b></span></div><p class="ydp6d210cabyiv3805110067ydpb3ea1e2aMsoNormal" style="font-size: medium;"><span></span></p><p class="ydpdb6e4ba5MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">MEDICC Review </span></i></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">(ISSN 1527-3172, online)</span><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></i></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">is a quarterly journal published by MEDICC (Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba), a nonprofit organization founded in 1997 to enhance cooperation among the US, Cuban, and global health communities aimed at better health outcomes and equity.<br><br><b>Copyright 2018, MEDICC, P.O. Box 361449, Decatur, GA 30036</b></span></p></span><div class="ydp4792fb69yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"></div></body></html>