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Cuba’s Fight Against Racism in Health Care

Wed, 09/29/2010 - 00:12 — Don Fitz

by Don Fitz

The best evidence for the Cuban revolution’s strides in dismantling institutional racism is found in medical data, which show both Black and white Cubans living as long and at least as healthily as the average American. Cuba’s health care system recognizes that social inequities lead to bad health outcomes. “Since poverty creates bad health, the Cuban health system is intertwined with reducing differences in housing, income and education.”

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Thu, 08/19/2010 - 04:54 — Sese

One of the World's Best Kept Secrets: Cuban Medical Aid to Haiti

Tue, 04/06/2010 - 21:59 — Anonymous

by Emily J. Kirk and John M. Kirk

Consumers of U.S. corporate media were given the impression that the American invasion/disaster relief action was the primary foreign benefactor to Haiti’s hundreds of thousands of earthquake victims. Not so, not by a long shot. Cuba, Venezuela and the neighboring Dominican Republic were first on the scene with the most help, and have committed to building a comprehensive health care system for Haiti.

Is Starvation Contagious?

Tue, 04/15/2008 - 18:00 — John Maxwell

MaxwellHaiti by John Maxwell

Why Cuba Is Exporting Health Care to the U.S.

Tue, 06/12/2007 - 18:00 — Sarah van Gelder

CubaDRBeretKid by Sarah van Gelder

The U.S. exports more instruments of death than the rest of the world combined. Cuba, a nation of only 11 million people, is by far the greatest exporter of health professionals on the planet - and the health-poor United States is a recipient. In this stark comparison can be seen the fundamental differences in the political cultures and systems of the two nations. Ninety Americans are among the thousands of foreign medical students receiving a free education in Cuba. In return, all that is asked is that they serve the poor. Cuba, far from being isolated by the U.S. embargo, has become a health care superpower.

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