Effect of the U.S. Embargo and Economic Decline on Health in Cuba
- 18 January 2000
- journal article
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 132 (2) , 151-154
- https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-132-2-200001180-00010
Abstract
This article describes the ways in which economic crisis and the U.S. embargo have affected Cuba's health care system during the past 15 years. This article describes the ways in which economic crisis and the U.S. embargo have affected Cuba's health care system during the past 15 years. With the demise of subsidized trade, the absence of a...Keywords
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