The poorer countries of the world continue to struggle with an enormous health burden from
diseases that we have long had the capacity to eliminate. Similarly, the health systems of …

It is widely recognized that Cuba, despite poor economic performance, has achieved and
sustained health indices comparable to those in developed countries—the Cuban Paradox …

OBJECTIVES: This paper examines the combined effects of a severe economic decline
since 1989 and a tightening of the US embargo in 1992 on health and health care in Cuba …

El éxito de Cuba en el campo de la salud pública a menudo se asocia a altos índices
estadísticos alcanzados por la población en muchas áreas. Ésto ha llevado a muchos …

As health professionals in the United States consider how to focus health care and coverage
to ensure better, more equitable patient and population health outcomes, the experience of …

In spite of the economic hardships during the 1990s, Cuba has achieved health indicators
that are among the best in the world. This article describes the development of the Cuban …

As health care concerns grow in the US, medical anthropologist Linda M. Whiteford and
social psychologist Larry G. Branch present their findings on a health care anomaly, from an …

Background This article analyses the epidemiological research developments in Latin
America and the Caribbean (LAC). It integrates the series commissioned by the International …

The profound changes which have occurred in the Cuban health services since 1958 are
described and appraised in this article. The first part treats the main socioeconomic policies …

In early 2015, the US city of Baltimore erupted. The precipitant of the eruption was the killing
of a Black man in police custody; actually, one more killing of a Black man by police. 1 But …