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Medisur 2012; 10 (5)

Cuban Collaboration in Algeria in Maternal-Infant Field during the Years 2007 to 2010

Fernández UMR, Gil BV

Language: Spanish
References: 4
Page: 340-345
PDF size: 52.94 Kb.


ABSTRACT

The medical mission in the Republic of Algeria between 2007 and 2010 was aimed at developing a strategy to reduce indicators related to maternal and infant morbidity and mortality rates that already existed when Cuban doctors arrived in. Alternatives were used to address barriers and constraints posed by the typical customs of an Arabic country, with Islamic religious practice in 99% of its population and a large nomadic component, in order to gradually change some habits in the field assistance or even in social behavior that were at odds with our procedures. It was possible to intervene with the aim of reducing maternal and infant morbidity and mortality in this region, introducing the work of innovative specialties in that environment and establishing physical guard system for specialists, etc.. This paper is aimed at providing a testimony of the contribution of a group of Cubans working in a medical brigade in the Republic of Algeria.


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