Background of Cuba
Transcript: "These institutions cement the tight control of Cuban society by a small coterie of individuals and formalize an elite hierarchy" "The Cuban health system is publicly funded. Private healthcare is outlawed. Out-of-pocket expenditures are around 10% of total health expenditures, the lowest in Latin America" Rifat Atun et. al, (p. 1237) Emergency response team made of thousands of Cuban healthcare workers Deployed to natural disasters disease outbreaks vulnerable populations 1492 Christopher Columbus claimed Cuba in the name of Spanish exploration and expansion Medical system Basic Background References Adams, H.C. (2004). FIGHTING AN UPHILL BATTLE: Race, politics, power, and institutionalization in cuba*. Latin American Research Review, 39(1), 168 -182. Atun, R., de Andrade, L., Odorico Monteiro, Almeida, G., Cotlear, D., Dmytraczenko, T., Frenz, P., . . . Wagstaff, A. (2015). Health-system reform and universal health coverage in latin america. The Lancet, 385(9974), 1230-1247. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61646-9 Porter, C. (2012, June 2). Cuba-trained doctors making difference around the world. The Toronto Star. Retrieved from http://thestar.com - Fighting an Uphill Battle, Henley C. Adams ( p. 170 ) 1925 Socialist party was founded events lead to a Communist ideology in Cuba Fidel Castro lead a guerrilla army into Havana lead to what became the design of modern day Cuba government developed controlled funded evaluated maintained political structure a collection of five party and state institutions blending a socialist constitution with a Communist Governing body consists of a Politburo, The Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party, The Council of Ministers Army of White Coats Background of Cuba Catherine Porter of the Toronto Star wrote in her article "Cuba-trained doctors making a difference around the world" (para.4) "To put the school's size in perspective: the University of Toronto has 850 medical students and Harvard University has 735. ELAM has twelve times more students than those two schools combined:19,550. And, despite being a poor country, every single one of those students is on full scholarship." Modern Day Cuba Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina Largest medical school in the world ELAM Finance