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     Lenin Comedian Username: Lenin Post Number: 1657 Registered: 08-2014 Posted From: 122.107.192.235 Rating: N/A |
Cuba has a long tradition of dispatching doctors and nurses to disaster areas abroad. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the Cuban government created a quick-reaction medical corps and offered to send doctors to New Orleans. The United States, unsurprisingly, didn’t take Havana up on that offer. Yet officials in Washington seemed thrilled to learn in recent weeks that Cuba had activated the medical teams for missions in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. | ||
| Lenin Comedian Username: Lenin Post Number: 1656 Registered: 08-2014 Posted From: 122.107.192.235 Rating: N/A |
While the United States and several other wealthy countries have been happy to pledge funds, only Cuba and a few nongovernmental organizations are offering what is most needed: medical professionals in the field. | ||
| Lenin Comedian Username: Lenin Post Number: 1655 Registered: 08-2014 Posted From: 122.107.192.235 Rating: N/A |
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/20/opinion/cubas-impressive-r ole-on-ebola.html?_r=0 |
