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~~~~~~~~~~~~~(((( T h e B u l l e t ))))~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Socialist Project e-bulletin ... No. 2075 ... April 28, 2020 ______________________________________________ Cuba's Unique Model of Medical Internationalism<https://socialistproject.ca/?p=2775> In recent weeks, more than a dozen countries -- including two in Europe -- have requested and received Cuban doctors to cope with the Coronavirus pandemic. John Kirk, a professor at the Latin America program of Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, is author of Healthcare Without Borders and one of the foremost experts on Cuba’s medical internationalism. Ten years ago, he spent two months embedded with Cuba’s Henry Reeve medical emergency brigade in El Salvador after a hurricane, to observe them. In all he has interviewed 270 Cuban doctors and nurses during the course of his research. John Kirk was interviewed by Cuba Standard. Cuba Standard (CS): What is the Henry Reeve Brigade? John Kirk (JK): The Henry Reeve Brigade was formed in 2005. Responding to the massive problems in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Cuba offered 1,400 medical personnel and 32 tons of medicine to help in New Orleans, which was refused by the George W. Bush administration. Shortly afterwards, there was a major health problem in the Kashmir area of Pakistan after an earthquake. Cuba formed the brigade in response, and named it after an American who fought in the first war of independence, 1868-1878, against Spanish colonialism. Since 2005, the Henry Reeve Brigade has been involved in all kinds of natural medical emergencies. This is a brigade of several thousand specially-trained doctors, nurses and technicians who go to natural emergencies, whether it be earthquakes, hurricanes or epidemics. They have been involved in emergencies in 16 countries, and counting. As a result of the Coronavirus pandemic they have sent medical brigades to 16 countries. No. 15 was Trinidad and Tobago; the British Virgin Islands were the latest. Continue reading<https://socialistproject.ca/?p=2775#more> Share on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsocialistproject.ca/?p=2775> Follow us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/thesocialistproject/> and Twitter<http://twitter.com/socialism21> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(((( T h e B u l l e t ))))~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Bullet is produced by the Socialist Project. Readers are encouraged to distribute widely. Comments, criticisms and suggestions are welcome. Write to thebul...@socialistproject.ca The Bullet archive is available at socialistproject.ca/bullet<https://socialistproject.ca/bullet> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you do not want to receive any more newsletters: Unsubscribe<https://socialistproject.ca/lists/?p=unsubscribe&uid=3ced764442734ce56192c4a9ad283e80> Forward to a friend: this link<https://socialistproject.ca/lists/?p=forward&uid=3ced764442734ce56192c4a9ad283e80&mid=2984> To update your preferences: this link<https://socialistproject.ca/lists/?p=preferences&uid=3ced764442734ce56192c4a9ad283e80> powered by phpList<https://www.phplist.com/poweredby?utm_source=download3.5.3&utm_medium=poweredtxt&utm_campaign=phpList> _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com