Cuba has the population of 11.49 million (in 2018) with the area of 109,204 kmxkm
Cuba is home to one of the most effective health care systems in the world, with life expectancy on par with the U.S., and it manages this at a tiny fraction of the cost that Americans end up paying at home.
Cuba is home to one of the most effective health care systems in the world, with life expectancy on par with the U.S., and it manages this at a tiny fraction of the cost that Americans end up paying at home.
It isn't limited to patients either, considering Cuba is home to some groundbreaking biotech breakthroughs that would save countless American and other peoples lives, and costs.
Viva La Revolución
Over the last 56 years, the government saw fit to make health care a top priority at home and abroad:
- Cuba has 50,000 medical workers deployed throughout the world.
- Cuba has restored vision to nearly 3.5 million people in South America through cataract surgery and treatments.
- Medical workers from Cuba fought malaria in Africa, and helped Haiti after the earthquake and through the deadly cholera outbreak that ensued.
- Cuba provides training for almost 2,000 students per year to become physicians for free.
- Cuba sent 300 doctors to help with the Ebola outbreak, compared to about 170 workers from the U.S. CDC.
- Cuba sent more doctors to assist in developing countries than the entire G8 combined.
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