Abstract

ROJAS OCHOA, Francisco. The first internationalists. Educ Med Super [online]. 2018, vol.32, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-2902.

Historical profile report as a chronicle that describes how the presence in Cuba of professional health personnel who worked as internationalist collaborators at a time when what we call the "medical exodus", that is, emigration, began and reached an important role. induced by the enemies of the Revolution creating problems in the coverage and quality of health services. The main source to identify names, nationality and place of work was an article in the magazine Tribuna Médica de Cuba, official organ of the National Medical Association, the author's knowledge of not a few of these internationalists and consultations with colleagues who knew about these circumstances . Volunteers who came to Cuba by personal decision and those who voluntarily agreed to come within the framework of the intergovernmental relations of their countries with Cuba are distinguished. Among the first all of countries of America and Western Europe. The seconds of Eastern Europe.

Keywords : history; revolution; internationalism; solidarity; public health; Cuba.

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