Healthcare System in Cuba
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• 1) History ……………………………………………………………….. 3 o 1.1 Post-Soviet Union …………………………………………... 3 • 2) Present ………………………………………………………………... 4 • 3) Comparison of pre- and post-revolutionary indices ………………….. 5 o 3.1 Health indicators and issues ………………………………… 5 o 3.2 Sexual health ………………………………………………… 7 o 3.3 Embargo ……………………………………………………… 7 o 3.4 Medical staff in Cuba ………………………………………... 8 o 3.5 Black market healthcare …………………………………….. 8 • 4) Cuba and international healthcare ……………………………………. 9 o 4.1 Health tourism and pharmaceutics …………………………. 10 • 5) Alternative Healthcare ………………………………………………. 11 • 6) Medical research in Cuba ……………………………………………. 12 • 7) Analysis …………………………………………………………….... 13 • 8) Sources ……………………………………………………………… 16
1) HISTORY
Modern Western medicine has been practiced in Cuba by formally trained doctors since at least the beginning of the 19th century and the first surgical clinic was established in 1823. Cuba has had many world class doctors, including Carlos Finlay, whose mosquito-based theory of yellow fever transmission was given its final proof under the direction of Walter Reed, James Carroll, and Aristides Agramonte. During the period of U.S presence (1898–1902) yellow fever was essentially eliminated due to the efforts of Clara Maass and surgeon Jesse W. Lazear.
In 1976, Cuba's healthcare program was enshrined in Article 50 of the revised
| HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN CUBA |
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INDEX
• 1) History ……………………………………………………………….. 3 o 1.1 Post-Soviet Union …………………………………………... 3 • 2) Present ………………………………………………………………... 4 • 3) Comparison of pre- and post-revolutionary indices ………………….. 5 o 3.1 Health indicators and issues ………………………………… 5 o 3.2 Sexual health ………………………………………………… 7 o 3.3 Embargo ……………………………………………………… 7 o 3.4 Medical staff in Cuba ………………………………………... 8 o 3.5 Black market healthcare …………………………………….. 8 • 4) Cuba and international healthcare ……………………………………. 9 o 4.1 Health tourism and pharmaceutics …………………………. 10 • 5) Alternative Healthcare ………………………………………………. 11 • 6) Medical research in Cuba ……………………………………………. 12 • 7) Analysis …………………………………………………………….... 13 • 8) Sources ……………………………………………………………… 16
1) HISTORY
Modern Western medicine has been practiced in Cuba by formally trained doctors since at least the beginning of the 19th century and the first surgical clinic was established in 1823. Cuba has had many world class doctors, including Carlos Finlay, whose mosquito-based theory of yellow fever transmission was given its final proof under the direction of Walter Reed, James Carroll, and Aristides Agramonte. During the period of U.S presence (1898–1902) yellow fever was essentially eliminated due to the efforts of Clara Maass and surgeon Jesse W. Lazear.
In 1976, Cuba's healthcare program was enshrined in Article 50 of the revised