Sánchez A, Gorry C

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Conceiving, building, maintaining and refining a universal health system is an inordinately complex undertaking. Its effective implementation requires everything from political will consistently and strategically applied, to accurate epidemiological data and analysis, plus quality medical education and active citizen participation. It also takes resources—financial, technological, pharmaceutical and professional—a perennial challenge for a small, economically-constrained island nation like Cuba. Indeed, even some highly developed nations like the United States have yet to achieve universal health coverage.

REFERENCES

1. For more see Gorry C. Biotech: The magic pill? in Scientific American worldVIEW. March 2012.

2. To read more about these Cuban biotech products see MEDICC Rev. 2007 Fall;9(1); MEDICC Rev. 2009 Summer;11(3); MEDICC Rev. 2010 Winter;12(1); and Berlanga et al. in this issue of MEDICC Review.

3. Lage A. Global pharmaceutical development and access: Critical issues of ethics and equity. MEDICC Rev. 2011 Jul:13(3);16–22.

4. Scheye E. Cuban healthcare and biotechnology: Reform, a bitter pill to swallow or just what the doctor ordered? Paper presented at: Cuba in Transition: Volume 21. Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Cuban Economy (ASCE); 2011 Aug 4–6; Miami, Fla.

5. Reed G. Generating appropriate technologies for health equity: José Luis Fernández Yero. MEDICC Rev. 2009 Winter;11(1):14–7.

6. Sánchez Gutiérrez A. Immunoassay Center: 25 years improving public health. Forthcoming.

7. Interview with: Gorry C. 2012 Nov 29.

8. For specifics about the US embargo effects on Cuban health, see Amnesty International. The US Embargo against Cuba: Its Impact on Social and Economic Rights. September 2009.

9. Immunoassay Center (CU). Sistema Ultra Micro Analítico: Una nueva dimensión en el inmunodiagnóstico. Havana: TecnoSuma Internacional, SA; 2012. www.tecnosuma.com