Abstract

GONZALEZ QUIJANO, Humberto. Fidel Castro's role in the social determinants of health in Cuba. Rev Cub Med Mil [online]. 2018, vol.47, n.4, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3046.

ABSTRACT In the self-defense text, "History will absolve me", Dr. Fidel Castro characterized the disastrous health situation of the people in Cuba and he linked it directly with the unfavorable socio-economic situation and exploitation for most of the Cuban population. Statistical data of those times is synthesized and compared with recent morbidity and mortality, life expectancy, population aging and other indicators. These indicators have been modified by the Revolution prioritized attention to the improvement of health and the social determinants. The progress in the fulfillment of Moncada Program and the continuity in the guidelines approved by the VII Congress of the Cuban Communist Party are shown. This paper addresses the increase in human resources and the annual budget allocated to health. The results are mentioned where the participation of Fidel's ideas and decisions is evident in the international prestige of Cuban public health. This work recognizes and highlights Fidel's role on the social determinants of health in Cuba, based on compliance with the Moncada Program, the development of the National Health System and its projection to other countries.

Keywords : socio-economic status; social determinants of health; morbility mortality; life expectancy; population aging.

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