Though the majority of Cuban doctors travel to locations in {the
western} hemisphere or Africa, they have
also provided relief to the Ukraine after the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown, Sri
Lanka following the 2004 tsunami, and Pakistan after its 2005 earthquake. Cuba is establishing medical agreements with Laos, Kiribati,
the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu,
and Tuvalu.
By 2008, in addition to 11 million in their own country, Cuban doctors were
providing medical care for over 70 million people, and "almost 2 million people
throughout the world, many of whom were probably children when they received help,
owe their very lives to the availability of Cuban medical services."
Click here to read Don's entire piece at Monthly Review.
