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We help maintain Cuba’s illegal but necessary grassroots healthcare network | Opinion
The Cuban government operates a national health system and assumes fiscal and administrative responsibility for the health care of all its citizens. [1] All healthcare in Cuba is free to Cuban residents, [2] although challenges include low salaries for doctors, poor facilities, poor provision of equipment, and the frequent absence of essential drugs.
A Cuban surgeon with scrub cap performing an open air operation in Guinea-Bissau for the PAIGC liberation movement, 1974. A 2007 academic study on Cuban internationalism surveyed the history of the program, noting its broad sweep: "Since the early 1960s, 28,422 Cuban health workers have worked in 37 Latin American countries, 31,181 in 33 African countries, and 7,986 in 24 Asian countries.
WHO health statistics for Cuba Source: WHO country page on Cuba; Life expectancy at birth m/f: 77/81 (years, 2016) Healthy life expectancy at birth m/f: 67.1/69.5 (years) Child mortality m/f: 5 (per 1000 live births, 2018) Adult mortality m/f: 116/68 (per 1000 population, 2016) Total health expenditure per capita: 2475 (Intl $, 2014)
According to the World Health Organization, Cuba is "known the world over for its ability to train excellent doctors and nurses who can then go out to help other countries in need". [374] As of September 2014, there are around 50,000 Cuban-trained health care workers aiding 66 nations. [375]
By 2004, nearly 1,000 students from some 125 US medical, nursing, and public health schools had traveled to Cuba to take these two to eight-week courses—mainly placing students with family physicians throughout the island. A number of faculty members and health professionals also traveled to Cuba to research the country’s health system model.
In 1976, Cuba's healthcare program was enshrined in Article 50 of the revised constitution which states, "Everyone has the right to health protection and care". Healthcare in Cuba is also free, [82] although challenges include low salaries for doctors, poor facilities, poor provision of equipment, and the frequent absence of essential drugs ...
Medical and health organizations based in Cuba (4 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Healthcare in Cuba" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.