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July 20,2018 was another landmark for this ELAM medical faculty when more than 290 medical students received their graduated diploma, among these students more than 44 newly formed doctors from 17 countries completed their medicine degrees. [3] The school currently has over 5,000 students enrolled in its graduate and undergraduate programs.
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.
Cuba offered 1000 scholarships in medicine for Pakistani students. The project was handed over to Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, which selected the students from all over the country. The first batch of approximately 312 students arrived Cuba in February 2007 and the second batch joined them the following year.
The other tragic but less-known human capital export of Cuba is its so-called “Medical Brigades.” Havana has sent tens of thousands of medical workers around the world since the 1960s, from ...
The University of Medical Sciences, Cienfuegos (also Medicine School of Cienfuegos: Dr. Raúl Dorticós Torrado) was established in 1979 in Cienfuegos, Cuba. [1] Provincial General Hospital "Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima" is affiliated to the university. [2] Currently, students from 52 countries are registered in different departments. [3]
According to The World Factbook, by 2009 Cuba had an average life expectancy of 78.05 years. [16] [non-primary source needed] Cuba began a food rationing program in 1962 to guarantee all citizens a low-priced basket of basic foods. As of 2007, the government was spending about $1 billion annually to subsidise the food ration.
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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services released details on Friday about the new parole program for Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans that was announced Thursday by President Joe Biden.