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Map of Haiti, by New York Times
Paul Farmer, the United Nations deputy special envoy to Haiti and a founder of Partners in Health, which has worked extensively on health care in Haiti, said the Cubans sounded an important early alarm about the outbreak, helping to mobilize health officials and lessen the death toll.
Even more, while the death rate peaked last December and the world's attention has largely moved on, "Half of the NGOs are already gone, and the Cubans are still there," he said, using the abbreviation for nongovernment organizations.
Che and Fidel at Havana Airport (1959), by Granma International
Cuban doctors have worked in Haiti since 1998, when 100 arrived after a hurricane as part of Cuba's five-decade program of establishing international medical missions. Since then, Cuba has worked with Haiti and Venezuela and lately Brazil, Norway and other countries to build and provide staff and equipment for several dozen small community hospitals, clinics and other treatment centers.
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