2008, Número 2
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MEDICC Review 2008; 10 (2)
Sight for Sore Eyes: Cuba’s Vision Restoration Program
Gorry C
Idioma: Ingles.
Referencias bibliográficas: 8
Paginas: 49-51
Archivo PDF: 223.33 Kb.
FRAGMENTO
Sin resumen.
REFERENCIAS (EN ESTE ARTÍCULO)
Note: this statistic does not include vision loss due to refractive errors. World Health Organization. Global Initiative for the Elimination of Avoidable Blindness: Action plan 2006-2011. Geneva; 2007.
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Health in the Americas 2007, Volume 1 Washington DC: PAHO; 2007.
Some 1.4 million Venezuelans learned to read and write with the Cuban-designed Yo Sí Puedo (Yes, I Can) program, cited for its efficacy by UNESCO. The program is currently being implemented in several countries around the region.
Cuba Coopera [homepage on the Internet]. Havana: MINREX; 2008 [updated 2008 Mar 17; cited 2008 Mar 27]. Available from: www.cubacoop.com/cubacoop/ misionmilagros.htm.
Interview with Dr Marcelino Río by the author, 30 Nov 2007.
Refinación Oriente. Resumen de Actividades en Aeropuerto Barcelona, Misión Milagro. Acumulado del 01-01-06 al 07-02-06. Photocopy of original obtained from Fernando Padrón, General Manager, Refinación Oriente, 5 Feb 2006.
AFP. Oftalmólogos uruguayos rechazan ejercicio de médicos cubanos en Montevideo. Nov 30 2007 [cited Mar 8 2008]. Available from: http://afp. google.com/article/ALeqM5jkazyAPflE9odrYzoOX7PTklM-fw. Translated by the author.
Silva JC, Bronwyn Bateman J, Contreras F. Eye Disease and Care in Latin America and the Caribbean. Surv Ophthalmol. 2002;47(3):267-274.