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CUBAN AND U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS 1900–2016: …
WEBIn Cuba 2000–2009/U.S. 2010–2017, the author discussed Cuba and US life and health systems and policies during 74 lectures with 1,000 US doctors, nurses, scientists, public managers/students, and personally with 100 US and Western professionals. Maddison A. Contours of World Economy 1–2030. Macro Economic History Essays.
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Demystifying the Cuban Health System: An Insider’s View
WEBNotes1. The World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948 defined health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”2 Henry Sigerist, in his monumental work on the history of medicine, could never grasp the obscure ideological goal of Soviet totalitarian universal primary health care, …
CUBAN LIVING STANDARDS, BROADLY DEFINED, BEFORE …
WEBJohn Devereux1. If the Cuban revolution is a defining event in twenti-eth century Latin American history, then the sixtieth anniversary in 2019 of the revolution provides us with an opportunity to examine the successes and failures of Cuban communism. For the economy, there is a consensus that economic growth after 1959 is disappointing.
An Evaluation of Four Decades of Cuban Healthcare
WEBThis paper is divided into four parts. The first is an overview of the evolution of the healthcare system and its organizational structure. The second describes the policy and inputs of the healthcare system. The third analyzes the performance of the system over the past four decades. And the fourth compares Cuba with other countries in Latin
Cuban And U.S. Health Care Systems 1900 2016: Similarities, …
WEBAuthor’s note In 1999, the World Health Organization (WHO) developed a measure to assess the ability of a National Health System (NHS) to translate expenditures into health outcomes called the “index of performance or efficiency on the level of health” (IELH). Health expenses per capita, disability-adjusted life expectancy (DALE), effectiveness of …
Access to Human Health, Freedoms and Other Standards of Living
WEBNotes1. The World Health Organization (WHO)’s definition of health as a “state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing, and not only the absence of disease or infirmity,”2 embraces basically the same principles associated with human rights and development, since all three seek to improve both the human condition and the fulfillment of the …
The Impact of the U.S. Embargo on Health and Nutrition in Cuba
WEBTo appreciate the current state of U.S.-Cuba relations it must be seen in the context of more than two hundred years of history during which the United States has been consistently unwilling to accept Cuban accomplishments and the nation’s right to sovereignty and independence. Cuba, while a Spanish possession, was for a hundred years the …
The Impact of the World Economic Crisis on Cuba’s Healthcare …
WEBCuba’s vaunted healthcare sector is envied for the healthcare outcomes it achieves that equal or in some instances exceed those of developed countries, while spending a fraction of what developed nations spend. Cuba’s biotechnology sector is producing some of the most innovative drugs in the world. While Cuba’s healthcare system has earned praise, …
CUBA-UNITED STATES ACADEMIC EXCHANGES: PERSONAL …
WEBMETHOD. The author made an analysis of his experiences on Cuba-U.S. exchanges as a student and as a physician, working in the biomedical, clinical, and health sci-ences in Cuba between 1962 and 2009 and in exile in the U.S. from 2010 to 2015. He worked with and/or met personally most of the leaders of these particular sciences, science in
CUBA’S LONG TRADITION OF HEALTH CARE POLICIES: …
WEBThe author acknowledges the encouragement of Kent Bream and 6 groups of students at the University of Pennsylvania, who com-mented on his lectures in 2010–2013; the continued support of Maria Werlau and Jorge Pérez-López of ASCE; and of Yamil Kouri, re-organizer of science in totalitarian Cuba, exiled in the United States.
ACCESS TO HUMAN HEALTH, FREEDOMS AND OTHER …
WEBThe author lived firsthand the changing facts of ac-cess to health, education, freedoms and other living standards as a citizen, patient, and physician in Cuba in 1945–2010. He experienced health exchanges as-sistance offered from abroad—(COMECON) Mos-cow 1982, 84; (WHO) Geneva, Bangkok 1999– 2001; and other cities’ institutions 1996–99.
Renaisssance and Decay: A Comparison of Socioeconomic …
WEBNotes1 “The choice is between capitalism and chaos.” —Ludwig von Mises An enduring myth is that Cuba in the 1950s was a socially and economically backward country whose development, especially in the areas of health and education, was made possible by the socialist nature of the Castro government. Despite the widespread …
AN EVALUATION OF FOUR DECADES OF CUBAN HEALTHCARE
WEBThe National Health System is completely financed by state resources. It is also highly decentralized: 92.4% of expenditures for public health are financed from municipal budgets. The government’s national budget allocation for health rose nearly 35 times, from 51 million pesos in 1960 to 1,857 million pesos in 2000.
CUBA-VENEZUELA HEALTH DIPLOMACY: THE POLITICS OF …
WEB143 CUBA-VENEZUELA HEALTH DIPLOMACY: THE POLITICS OF HUMANITARIANISM Maria C. Werlau For decades Fidel Castro has “exported” profession-als, mostly doctors,1 to the developing world to serve as “missionaries for the Cuban Revolution.”2 These brigades of “proletarian internationalists,” as they are
Cuba-United States Academic Exchanges: Personal Experiences in …
WEBRodolfo J. Stusser, M.D. has had a 42-year career as consultant, professor and researcher at the University of Havana. He was a pioneer in Cuba on primary health care general medicine research and on global health policy and system research.
THE CUBAN SUGAR INDUSTRY 1959–2019: FROM FRONT
WEBThe U.S. Sugar Act of 1934, also known as the Jones-Costigan Act, profoundly changed the mecha-nism for limiting sugar imports into the U.S. market, setting aside the tariff system in place since 1894, and instead setting up quantitative limits (quotas) allocat-ed to domestic and foreign producers.
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