manu1959
02-21-2008, 06:57 PM
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~ksinghz/cubamed/FoodMedicine.htm
In 1989, the World Health Organization extolled Cuba's health care system as a "model for the world." Cuba, with its nutritional safety net, extensive system of family doctors and sophisticated tertiary care facilities, had achieved the highest quality of life indicators in Latin America, including an infant mortality rate 30 points below the average, on a par with the developed world.
But ten years later two studies, conducted by the American Public Health Association (APHA) and the American Association for World Health (AAWH), indicate the Cuban people, especially the children, are now facing dangerous shortages of medicines and medical supplies. Although some of the blame can be placed on the dissolution of the Soviet bloc countries and inefficiencies within Cuba, the APHA and the AAWH find that the fault lies primarily with the U.S. embargo of Cuba.
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Recommendation:
The United States should cease measures that exacerbate the food and medicine crisis in Cuba. Restrictions on the sale and shipment of food and agricultural supplies, as well as of medicines and medical equipment, have been loosened in recent years, but restrictions should be eliminated altogether. The U.S. President should maintain intergovernmental pressure to democratize the Cuban political system, yet should also actively work with Congress to eliminate the embargo against the Cuban people.
now this all may be true and i have no reason to believe it isn't .....but i find the last line fvery interesting.....the people of cuba call on the president of another country to help them ..... why don't they pressure their own president to change his politics to fix their own problem.....
sound like the behaviour of any other political party you know.....i will give you a hint.....the provider party...
In 1989, the World Health Organization extolled Cuba's health care system as a "model for the world." Cuba, with its nutritional safety net, extensive system of family doctors and sophisticated tertiary care facilities, had achieved the highest quality of life indicators in Latin America, including an infant mortality rate 30 points below the average, on a par with the developed world.
But ten years later two studies, conducted by the American Public Health Association (APHA) and the American Association for World Health (AAWH), indicate the Cuban people, especially the children, are now facing dangerous shortages of medicines and medical supplies. Although some of the blame can be placed on the dissolution of the Soviet bloc countries and inefficiencies within Cuba, the APHA and the AAWH find that the fault lies primarily with the U.S. embargo of Cuba.
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Recommendation:
The United States should cease measures that exacerbate the food and medicine crisis in Cuba. Restrictions on the sale and shipment of food and agricultural supplies, as well as of medicines and medical equipment, have been loosened in recent years, but restrictions should be eliminated altogether. The U.S. President should maintain intergovernmental pressure to democratize the Cuban political system, yet should also actively work with Congress to eliminate the embargo against the Cuban people.
now this all may be true and i have no reason to believe it isn't .....but i find the last line fvery interesting.....the people of cuba call on the president of another country to help them ..... why don't they pressure their own president to change his politics to fix their own problem.....
sound like the behaviour of any other political party you know.....i will give you a hint.....the provider party...