New Pediatric Liver Transplant Program Gives Cuban Children New Lease on Life
Text & Photos by Hope Bastian
April 25, 2008 - As the son of a surgeon father and a pediatrician mother, it should be no surprise that Ramón Villamil grew up to become Dr Villamil. Today, he is chief surgeon and coordinator of the interdisciplinary...

Cuba: More Doctors for the World
Gail Reed
April 14, 2008 - “Traditional models of medical training cannot resolve the terrible lack of health professionals and the urgent need for access to health care in today’s world,”  says Dr. Yiliam Jimenez, the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Relations’ Vice Minister for...

Cuba Already Feeling Effects of Climate Change
Hope Bastian
April 8, 2008 - Although public health is one of the sectors most threatened by climate change, the effects of this global crisis on health are not central to international climate change debates. ¨Climate change is sometimes debated as if it affected...

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