BMA must voice its opposition to Cuban embargo

BMJ 1998;316:1248 ( 18 April )

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BMA must voice its opposition to Cuban embargo

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EDITOR $---$ In 1992 we participated in a study tour of Cuba's health system. We witnessed a service that was the pride of the developingworld and that, in the way it was organised, offered many examplesfor our own service. During our stay the then American president,George Bush, signed the Cuban Democracy Act. At a stroke Cubawas denied access to foodstuffs and medicines produced by anysubsidiary of any American multinational company anywhere in theworld (direct sales of anything from the United States to Cubahaving been barred since 1961).

The impact on the health and nutrition of the Cuban people has now been well documented.^1-3 The report of the American Associationfor World Health states: "A humanitarian catastrophe has beenaverted only because the Cuban government has maintained a highlevel of budgetary support for a health care system designed todeliver primary and preventative health . . . [Full text of this article]

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