<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">MEDICC Global</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:mediccglobal@medicc.org">mediccglobal@medicc.org</a>></span><br></div><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td id="m_1940893052011777710templateHeader" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);background-image:none;background-size:cover;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat" valign="top" align="center"><table class="m_1940893052011777710templateContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:600px!important" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td class="m_1940893052011777710headerContainer" valign="top"><table class="m_1940893052011777710mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="m_1940893052011777710mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="m_1940893052011777710mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" valign="top"><table class="m_1940893052011777710mcnBoxedTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:9px 18px"><table class="m_1940893052011777710mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%" width="100%" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="m_1940893052011777710mcnTextContent" style="word-break:break-word;color:rgb(242,242,242);font-size:14px;line-height:21px;text-align:center;padding:18px" valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="m_1940893052011777710mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="m_1940893052011777710mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="m_1940893052011777710mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" valign="top"><table class="m_1940893052011777710mcnBoxedTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:9px 18px"><table class="m_1940893052011777710mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:rgb(80,8,120);min-width:100%" width="100%" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="m_1940893052011777710mcnTextContent" style="word-break:break-word;color:rgb(242,242,242);font-size:14px;line-height:21px;text-align:center;padding:18px" valign="top"><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:21px"><span style="font-size:20px"><b>October 2019 Special Issue Now Online!</b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="m_1940893052011777710mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="m_1940893052011777710mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="m_1940893052011777710mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px" valign="top"><table class="m_1940893052011777710mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td class="m_1940893052011777710mcnTextContent" style="word-break:break-word;color:rgb(32,32,32);font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px" valign="top">When representatives of nearly 200 countries gather at the UN High-level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage, <b><i><span style="color:rgb(80,8,120)">MEDICC Review </span></i></b>takes the opportunity to share with readers both the results and challenges of several Cuban programs and strategies that have extended the right to health in Cuba and abroad.</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="m_1940893052011777710mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed!important;min-width:100%" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody class="m_1940893052011777710mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="m_1940893052011777710mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width:100%;padding:0px 18px"><table class="m_1940893052011777710mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;border-top-width:6px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(80,8,120)" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="m_1940893052011777710mcnCaptionBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpa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br><b><a href="https://medicc.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef4a6724774b378f331953d22&id=200e07a9a5&e=65a99da925" style="color:rgb(80,8,120);font-weight:normal" target="_blank">The Right to Health: The Devil is in the Doing</a></b><br><br><b>SPECIAL ARTICLE</b><br><b><a href="https://medicc.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef4a6724774b378f331953d22&id=5f2428deb8&e=65a99da925" style="color:rgb(80,8,120);font-weight:normal" target="_blank">Science and Challenges for Cuban Public Health in the 21st Century</a> </b><br><i>Agustín Lage MD PhD</i><br><br><b>INTERVIEW</b><br><b><u><a href="https://medicc.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef4a6724774b378f331953d22&id=6aa9902c2b&e=65a99da925" style="color:rgb(80,8,120);font-weight:normal" target="_blank">Of Glass Ceilings, Velvet Circles and Pink-Collar Ghettoes: Lilliam Álvarez MS PhD</a></u></b><br><b><u><a href="https://medicc.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef4a6724774b378f331953d22&id=d10a8ce772&e=65a99da925" style="color:rgb(80,8,120);font-weight:normal" target="_blank">Secretary, Cuban Academy of Sciences</a></u></b><br><i>Gail Reed MS</i><br><br><b>POLICY & PRACTICE</b><br><b></b><b><u><a href="https://medicc.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef4a6724774b378f331953d22&id=688177a6be&e=65a99da925" style="color:rgb(80,8,120);font-weight:normal" target="_blank">Cuban Meningococcal Vaccine VA-MENGOC-BC: 30 Years of Use and Future Potential</a></u></b><br><i>V. Gustavo Sierra-González MD PhD</i><br><br><b><u><a href="https://medicc.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef4a6724774b378f331953d22&id=157f550e00&e=65a99da925" style="color:rgb(80,8,120);font-weight:normal" target="_blank">Cuba’s Maternity Homes, 1962–2017: History, Evolution, Challenges</a></u></b><br><i></i><i>Francisco Rojas-Ochoa MD PhD</i><br><br><b><u><a href="https://medicc.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef4a6724774b378f331953d22&id=9dc2dfbdf4&e=65a99da925" style="color:rgb(80,8,120);font-weight:normal" target="_blank">Sickle Cell Anemia in Cuba: Prevention and Management, 1982–2018</a></u></b><br><i></i><i>Beatriz Marcheco-Teruel MD PhD</i><br><br><b><u><a href="https://medicc.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef4a6724774b378f331953d22&id=7f810bf089&e=65a99da925" style="color:rgb(80,8,120);font-weight:normal" target="_blank">Hereditary Ataxias in Cuba:</a></u></b><br><b><u><a href="https://medicc.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef4a6724774b378f331953d22&id=4654d311d0&e=65a99da925" style="color:rgb(80,8,120);font-weight:normal" target="_blank">Results and Impact of a Comprehensive, Multidisciplinary Project</a></u></b><br><i></i><i>Roberto Rodríguez-Labrada PhD, et al.</i><br><br><b><u><a href="https://medicc.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef4a6724774b378f331953d22&id=dfe136974a&e=65a99da925" style="color:rgb(80,8,120);font-weight:normal" target="_blank">Epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease of Nontraditional Etiology in El Salvador:</a></u></b><br><b><u><a href="https://medicc.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef4a6724774b378f331953d22&id=e56c536032&e=65a99da925" style="color:rgb(80,8,120);font-weight:normal" target="_blank">Integrated Health Sector Action and South–South Cooperation</a></u></b><br><i></i><i>Raúl Herrera-Valdés MD MS PhD DSc, et al.</i><br><br><b><u><a href="https://medicc.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef4a6724774b378f331953d22&id=9937796234&e=65a99da925" style="color:rgb(80,8,120);font-weight:normal" target="_blank">Cuban Strategy and Medical Cooperation to Combat Ebola, 2014–2016</a></u></b><br><i></i><i>Jorge Pérez-Avila MD MS, et al.</i><br><br><b>PERSPECTIVE</b><br><b><u><a href="https://medicc.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef4a6724774b378f331953d22&id=57c8e6d723&e=65a99da925" style="color:rgb(80,8,120);font-weight:normal" target="_blank">The Challenge of Eliminating Childhood Tuberculosis in Cuba</a></u></b><br><i>Gladys Abreu-Suárez MD MS PhD, et al.</i><br><br><b><u><a href="https://medicc.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef4a6724774b378f331953d22&id=04b12da761&e=65a99da925" style="color:rgb(80,8,120);font-weight:normal" target="_blank">A Cuban Perspective on the Antivaccination Movement</a></u></b><br><i>Belkys M. Galindo-Santana MD MS PhD, et al.</i><br><br><b><u><a href="https://medicc.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef4a6724774b378f331953d22&id=205c410426&e=65a99da925" style="color:rgb(80,8,120);font-weight:normal" target="_blank">Cuban Experience Using Growth and Development as a Positive Indicator of Child Health</a></u></b><br><i>Mercedes Esquivel-Lauzurique MD PhD, et al.</i><br><br><b><u><a href="https://medicc.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef4a6724774b378f331953d22&id=6b5aff5756&e=65a99da925" style="color:rgb(80,8,120);font-weight:normal" target="_blank">Universal Health in Cuba: Healthy Public Policy in All Sectors</a></u></b><br><i>Pastor Castell-Florit Serrate MD PhD DSc</i><br><br><b><u><a href="https://medicc.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef4a6724774b378f331953d22&id=e0f3a7a1a1&e=65a99da925" style="color:rgb(80,8,120);font-weight:normal" target="_blank">Cuba’s Role in International Atomic Energy Agency Regional Cooperation in Cardiology</a></u></b><br><i>Amalia Peix MD PhD DSc, Berta García MS</i><br><br><b>FEATURE</b><br><b></b><b><u><a href="https://medicc.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef4a6724774b378f331953d22&id=12a687a81b&e=65a99da925" style="color:rgb(80,8,120);font-weight:normal" target="_blank">Six Decades of Cuban Global Health Cooperation</a></u></b><br><i></i><i>Conner Gorry MA</i><br><br><b><u>ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS</u></b><br><a href="https://medicc.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef4a6724774b378f331953d22&id=df511f4609&e=65a99da925" style="color:rgb(80,8,120)" target="_blank">About the Contributors</a><br><br><b><u><a href="https://medicc.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ef4a6724774b378f331953d22&id=73de5b9575&e=65a99da925" style="color:rgb(80,8,120);font-weight:normal" target="_blank">ABSTRACTS</a></u></b><br>Cuban Research in Current International Journals</p><div style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:17.5px"> <br></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td id="m_1940893052011777710templateFooter" style="background-color:rgb(250,250,250);background-image:none;background-size:cover;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;padding-top:9px;padding-bottom:9px;background-position:center center;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat" valign="top" align="center"><br></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div>