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🤝Connect people and institutions in the US and Cuba in order to share p***c health strategies and expand access to health care by and for underserved communities.

🤝Facilitate learning for leaders of vulnerable U.S. communities from Cuba’s approach to health and health equity and support them in bringing those insights back home.

🤝Support U.S. graduates of Cuba’s Latin American School of Medicine as they return to the US and reintegrate into the U.S. healthcare system.

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International experts report on at American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) meeting. Delegation co-chairs Cristina Rabadán-Diehl & Michael Osterholm say time to lower barriers to access Cuban biotech & build health collaboration to ease global inequities. Read at https://doi.org/10.37757/MR2022.V24.N3-4.13

New issue online! EXCLUSIVES: International experts report on Cuban ; unpublished interview w/ Paul Farmer; Women lead COVID-19 control in . PLUS: Is Omicron’s entry pathway key to clinical results?

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New Issue Online! Editorial--Politics, Profits & Pandemics: Earth’s Worst-Case Scenario. The lessons are not new but the path forward must be. PLUS blood alterations in convalescent patients, assessments of rapid tests and MORE.

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Irreversible impact & prospect of unlivable planet without real political will and funding for . MEDICC Review 100% committed to

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This see our latest 's of : Dr. Verena Muzio, clinical research director at the Genetics Engineering and Biotech Center talks on vaccines & public trust.

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EDITORIAL: Without Accessible Primary Care, We Are “Dangerously Unprepared” for the Next … is also the one strategy that has proven effective, both for health outcomes & return on investment.

“the key lesson from that must be implemented urgently is building accessible, equitable and sustainable primary healthcare systems that respond to science”

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We salute this International Day of Women and Girls in Science by publishing Cuba's Women of Science in each issue, devoted to the work and lives of struggle, dedication and brilliance that inspire us all.

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MEDICC Review new issue online! : accessible primary care key to halt pandemics; for children; risk in convalescents. PLUS wound healing in ; antibiotic resistance in & LAC countries; traffic in Cuba and MORE.

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"As to the effects on Cubans’ health, U.S. sanctions are worse today than before, making the vulnerable in still more vulnerable, during a global ." Hear MEDICC Review's Gail Reed at virtual forum sponsored by Washington Office on Latin America - WOLA & National Security Archive

https://youtu.be/me_SwEBuv_A

Cuba: The U.S. Embargo After Sixty Years Join us for Cuba: The U.S. Embargo After Sixty Years, an event co-sponsored by the National Security Archive and the Washington Office on Latin America, host...

hasn't forgotten struggle for and gender equity during . Working to overcome old and new obstacles to move forward in a machista society--Dr. Marta Núñez, Gender Studies, University of Havana at today's MEDICC Review/Tulane webinar.

Dr. Tania Crombet elected Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences for “outstanding contribution to science and its promotion in the developing world.” She directs Clinical Research at the Molecular Immunology Center in . Here she is in MEDICC Review: doi.org/10.37757/MR2016.V18.N4.3

This World Mental Health Day: a look at one experience to assist young people with substance abuse disorders as they grapple with . Read it in MEDICC Review.

doi.org/10.37757/MR2021.V23.N2.2

International Day of Older Persons: Inclusion to improve health, mental health and social relations post-pandemic. One Cuban geriatrician’s views on options for a “new normal” built on community- and web-based support networks.

doi.org/10.37757/MR2020.V22.N4.18

International Ataxia Awareness Day: has the highest rates of this rare degenerative disease, and has created a research center to translate findings into health of patients and their families. Open to global cooperation.

doi.org/10.37757/MR2019.V21.N4.7

Hereditary Ataxias in Cuba: Results and Impact of a Comprehensive, Multidisciplinary Project ABSTRACT Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 is a degenerative disease that causes physical disability and, ultimately, prostration and death. Globally, reported prevalence is around 3 cases per 100,000 population and Cuba has the world’s highest rates of the disease, affecting both patients and their a...

Worldwide, iron deficiency affects nearly 300 million preschoolers. In , researchers report ways to more accurately estimate rates and thus direct more effective prevention. Read the results in MEDICC Review.

doi.org/10.37757/MR2021.V23.N3.7

Influence of Inflammation on Assessing Iron-Deficiency Anemia in Cuban Preschool Children Table 1: Prevalence of iron deficiency and confidence interval by age group, without adjustment and after adjusting for ferritin concentrations in the presence of inflammation n: number of individuals with inflammation; N: number of total individuals in the group. The increase in the cut-off point a...

In , will jump by >140% in next decades, biggest rise of all regions. A MEDICC Review author urges full analysis of clinical findings to improve diagnosis in the face of limited resources.

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Potential for another antibody for non-small cell lung cancer? Read the first report on racotumomab use in clinical practice in MEDICC Review.

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In : can continuous positive airway pressure ( ) keep hypoxemia from triggering dangerous cytokine storms? An expert perspective in MEDICC Review.

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As prepares for consideration of its on emergency use listing, MEDICC Review speaks with Cuban national regulatory authority director, Olga Lidia Jacobo for our section "Cuba's Women of Science".
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MEDICC Review new issue online! Focus on : cytokine storm prevention, development in , and pandemic management in . PLUS our Editorial: How US sanctions on Cuba threaten global vaccine equity….and MORE.

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EDITORIAL: US sanctions hobbling production also hit the world’s poorer countries that could from to address the dearth of life-saving vaccines for their populations. Just over 1% of low-income countries have access to COVID19 vaccines.

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Exclusive with medical team coordinator in : 253 Cuban docs and nurses—most of them --were already in the country when struck, staffing public health clinics and hospitals. They are there now.

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As threatens , cases rising for last 8 weeks to over 6 million, MEDICC Review looks ahead at what to expect from the track records of Rwanda, South Africa and Zimbabwe thus far.

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MEDICC joins international organizations: time to assist people by lifting all restrictions on medicines and food. "U.S. sanctions are clearly contributing to the worsening humanitarian situation the island is facing." https://www.wola.org/2021/07/organizations-urge-biden-action-humanitarian-cuba-crisis/