AN ARMY OF WHITE COATS: EXPLORING THE IMPLICATIONS OF CUBAN MEDICAL DIPLOMACY

Like many other countries in the world, Kenyans have seen Cuban doctors enter their health facilities and provide healthcare alongside their local counterparts since 2018 when the Cuban government deployed its doctors in rural, underserved areas in severe need of specialized medics. Diplomacy throug...

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Published inHarvard international review Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 26 - 31
Main Author Garnier, Salomé
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Harvard International Relations Council 01.01.2021
Subjects
Armed forces
Cholera
Cooperation
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Diplomacy
Diplomatic & consular services
Ebola virus
Epidemics
Health care
Hospitals
Humanitarianism
Incentives
Infectious diseases
Medical malpractice
Medical referrals
Pandemics
Physicians
Rural areas
Tropical diseases
Cuba
Haiti
Togo
West Africa
South Africa
Kenya
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Summary:Like many other countries in the world, Kenyans have seen Cuban doctors enter their health facilities and provide healthcare alongside their local counterparts since 2018 when the Cuban government deployed its doctors in rural, underserved areas in severe need of specialized medics. Diplomacy through Health Care Medical humanitarianism is inherently linked to Cuba's role in the international community. Since its 1959 leftist revolution, Cuba has dispatched volunteer doctors to disaster sites and disease outbreaks in the name of solidarity. After the creation of the Henry Reeve Medical Brigade in 2005, more than 7,400 volunteer Cuban health professionals were trained in medicine and infectious disease containment before being deployed throughout the world. [...]in 2018, Cuba's medical services export program generated $6.4 billion and was Cuba's largest source of income.
ISSN:0739-1854
2374-6564