Cuba's international cooperation in health: An overview

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 761-776

  De Vos, Pol ^a   De Ceukelaire, Wim ^b   Bonet, Mariano ^b   Van Der Stuyft, Patrick ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER RELIEF; HURRICANE MITCH 1998; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NATURAL DISASTER; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CUBA; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

CUBA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 35348949424     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.37.4.k     Document Type: Review

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