Chapman HJ

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ABSTRACT

To the Editors:

As the Facts & Figures section in your July 2015 issue illustrates, Cuba’s global health collaboration programs between 1959 and 2015 demonstrate foresight and political will in prioritizing health education and disease prevention across geographic borders. Cuba’s public health mission is health professional education with a focus on primary preventive health care, which has impacted the delivery of quality health care services for the Cuban population and for countries enduring confl icts, disease outbreaks and natural disasters.

REFERENCES

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2. Cooper RS, Kennelly JF, Orduñez-Garcia P. Health in Cuba. Int J Epidemiol. 2006 Aug;35(4):817−24.

3. Etienne CF. Achieving universal health coverage is a moral imperative. Lancet. 2015 Apr 4;385(9975):1271−3.