The president of the World Association of Pediatrics, Chan Chok-Wan said, during the International Workshop on the experiences of Child Health Care, that the indicators of infant mortality that Cuba is better than in many developed countries with much higher incomes, including those of the United States.
also believes that Cuba is a good example for the achievement of positive indicators, such as the development of its system of universal free health care, the level of educational attainment and a proactive attitude of professional
Despite the economic and commercial blockade imposed by the United States, which has brought billions of dollars of losses for the island and limiting access to medicines and other resources, Cuba has an infant mortality rate among the lowest in the world.
Cuba ended 2009 with an infant mortality rate of 4.8 per thousand live births, the lowest rate in history, second only to 2007. As calculated on 127,000 births, which represents an increase in the birth of 7,458 children in relation to 2008, while the rate of direct maternal mortality was 30 per 100,000 live births.
In October 2009, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Margaret Chan, has also said that his visit to the island was of great importance "to see and experience the excellent initiatives of the Cuban health system The work developed in primary care and community, equality and access to health services for all "
also believes that Cuba is a good example for the achievement of positive indicators, such as the development of its system of universal free health care, the level of educational attainment and a proactive attitude of professional
Despite the economic and commercial blockade imposed by the United States, which has brought billions of dollars of losses for the island and limiting access to medicines and other resources, Cuba has an infant mortality rate among the lowest in the world.
Cuba ended 2009 with an infant mortality rate of 4.8 per thousand live births, the lowest rate in history, second only to 2007. As calculated on 127,000 births, which represents an increase in the birth of 7,458 children in relation to 2008, while the rate of direct maternal mortality was 30 per 100,000 live births.
In October 2009, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Margaret Chan, has also said that his visit to the island was of great importance "to see and experience the excellent initiatives of the Cuban health system The work developed in primary care and community, equality and access to health services for all "
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