TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editorial
Safeguarding the First Year of Life

Spotlight
Well Babies: Cuba’s National Program
By Michele Frank, MD

MR Features
Cuba’s Maternity Leave Extended to Fathers, But Few Dads Take It
By Debra Evenson

MR Interview
Fernando Domínguez, MD PhD, FAAP
Neonatologist
Vice President of the Cuban Society of Pediatrics
By Michele Frank, MD

International Cooperation Report
A Conversation with Internationalist Aleida Guevara, MD
By Gail A. Reed

Cuban Medical Literature
Prenatal Hydronephrosis: A Proposal for Postnatal Study & Follow-Up
By Sandalio Durán, MD

The Skin-to-Skin Method (Kangaroo Care): Age Adjusted Evaluation of Neuro-behavior at One Year
Dr. Ramón Acosta Díaz, et al

Infant Mortality Due to Congenital Malformations
Riceldys Caridad Ramos Soto, et al

Relationship between weight at birth and the number and size of renal glomeruli in humans:
A histomorphometric study
Reinaldo Mañalich, et al

Abstracts

Top Story
Cuban Nephrologists Present Isle of Youth Study at Nephrology 2005
By Gail A. Reed

Headlines in Cuban Health
Accompanied Labor: A New Step in Cuba’s Maternal-Child Health Program
By MEDICC Review Staff

Rock Star Treatment for Kids with Cancer
By Conner Gorry

Cuba Close to Eradicating TB
By MEDICC Review Staff

Cuba and Venezuela Step Up Health Cooperation: Sight-Saving Initiative for Region’s Poor
By Gail A. Reed

Cuban Vaccine Wins Gold Medal from WIPO
By MEDICC Review Staff

More Gold Medals for Cuba's Innovative Health Products
By Conner Gorry

Improbably, Drought Worsens in Cuba
By Conner Gorry

Cuba and Guatemala: Innovations in Physician Training
By Gail A. Reed