Primary health care in Cuba : the other revolution

Authors:Linda M. Whiteford, Laurence G. Branch, Enrique Beldarrain Chaple

Summary:Cuba's primary health care system is a well-known and well-hidden jewel of global health care. It has eradicated malaria and polio, and curtailed HIV/AIDS and dengue fever. This book focuses on the successes of Cuba's preventive primary health care system, rather than the deficit of the curative care system.

Print Book, English, 2008

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Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham, 2008

Physical Description:138 p. : il. ; 23 cm

ISBN:

9780742559943, 0742559947

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:912736404

Subjects:

Politica sanitaria de Cuba

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Cuban Health Care Revolution Chapter 2 An Overview of the Cuban Primary Health Care Model Between 1959 - 2000 Chapter 3 Alma Ata and the Concept of 'Primary Health Care' Chapter 4 The Cuban Primary Health Care Model for Child/Maternal Care Chapter 5 The Cuban Experience with Controlling Infectious and Communicable Diseases Through Primary Health Care Chapter 6 Chronic Diseases in Cuba Chapter 7 Recasting the 'Public' in Public Health: Assessing the Cuban Experience Chapter 8 Lessons Learned from Cuba's Primary Health Care Model