Comments on: Cuban Exports: Sugar, Cigars…and Cancer drugs? http://healthcare-economist.com/2009/03/26/cuban-exports-sugar-cigarsand-cancer-drugs/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:52:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John Richmond http://healthcare-economist.com/2009/03/26/cuban-exports-sugar-cigarsand-cancer-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-5189 John Richmond Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:30:16 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/?p=2140#comment-5189 It does not surprise me that Cuba is making great strides in medical research - my friends in Cuba (poor by an standard) receive excellent medical care - even if getting things like over-the-counter pain killers or vitamins is still difficult. Cuba has a highly educated populace and a system that places great emphasis on public health. Cuba also sends thousands of nurses, doctors and other health care professionals overseas on volunteer missions - and not just to left wing countries like Bolivia but to places like Pakistan and Mali. Before too much longer Cuba and a few other Latin American countries might be the only place on earth with universal public health care systems. It does not surprise me that Cuba is making great strides in medical research – my friends in Cuba (poor by an standard) receive excellent medical care – even if getting things like over-the-counter pain killers or vitamins is still difficult. Cuba has a highly educated populace and a system that places great emphasis on public health. Cuba also sends thousands of nurses, doctors and other health care professionals overseas on volunteer missions – and not just to left wing countries like Bolivia but to places like Pakistan and Mali.

Before too much longer Cuba and a few other Latin American countries might be the only place on earth with universal public health care systems.

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]]> By: Lynn M http://healthcare-economist.com/2009/03/26/cuban-exports-sugar-cigarsand-cancer-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-1105 Lynn M Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:33:55 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/?p=2140#comment-1105 It is hard to know what medical treatments really are available in Cuba. My husband has an eye disease, Retinitis Pigmentosa, that I've heard numerous times "Cuba has the cure" for. There are currenly no known cures for this disease and it is very complicated because it involves the retina. Scientists around the world are working on gene therapy, stem cell treatments, and bionic solutions. I find it hard to believe that today, over in Cuba, there is a cure for RP. Yet, I would welcome the cure, or evidence of it. I'm pretty sure a discovery of this magnitude would have made its way out and, after all, not all countries have a ban on Cuba. The thought that Cuba has made such great progress gives hope to the future when U.S. citizens might be able to have access to it, but I have doubts about the country's medical prowess. Thank you for the article. I would like to see one of those 7,000 scientists come up with something that would amaze the world and help those suffering in the world. It is hard to know what medical treatments really are available in Cuba. My husband has an eye disease, Retinitis Pigmentosa, that I’ve heard numerous times “Cuba has the cure” for. There are currenly no known cures for this disease and it is very complicated because it involves the retina. Scientists around the world are working on gene therapy, stem cell treatments, and bionic solutions. I find it hard to believe that today, over in Cuba, there is a cure for RP. Yet, I would welcome the cure, or evidence of it. I’m pretty sure a discovery of this magnitude would have made its way out and, after all, not all countries have a ban on Cuba. The thought that Cuba has made such great progress gives hope to the future when U.S. citizens might be able to have access to it, but I have doubts about the country’s medical prowess. Thank you for the article. I would like to see one of those 7,000 scientists come up with something that would amaze the world and help those suffering in the world.

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