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José Juan Ortiz assumed the post of UNICEF Representative in Cuba in 2006 with nearly three decades of international cooperation experience. A native of Spain and social anthropologist by training, Ortiz came to Cuba with comprehensive disaster response experience, serving as chief of UNICEF relief missions to Albania (1999) and Peru (2001). He also worked for six years at the Spanish Red Cross, where he headed their international emergencies division, among other duties.

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1. Pérez R. The Public Health Sector and Nutrition in Cuba. MEDICC Review. 2009 Fall;11(4):7.

2. Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala and Mexico have adapted Educa a tu Hijo programs.

3. Pregnancy detection rates in Cuba in 2007 were 2.7 per 1000 population aged 12–14 years, and 110.6 per 1000 population aged 15–19 years. Source: Ministry of Public Health (CU). Captación de Embarazo, variante total, Cuba, 2006. Ministry of Public Health Statistics. Internal Report, 2007. Cited in Salomón N, Álvarez L. Embarazos en la adolescente: Una mirada biológica, sociodemográfica y psicosocial. In: Álvarez L, Rodríguez A, Sanabria G, editors. Salud sexual y reproductiva en adolescentes cubanos. Havana: Casa Editora Abril; 2009. p. 68.