Resumen

CALZADILLA MOREIRA, Gilberto Vladimir; LARA FERNANDEZ, Héctor L.; RODRIGUEZ CASTILLO, Isela  y  MARTINEZ ALVAREZ, María Victoria. Drugs in the present asymmetric world: from non-access to access. Part 1. Rev Cub Med Mil [online]. 2007, vol.36, n.1. ISSN 0138-6557.

We made an updated bibliographic review on the essential causes originating the present bipolarity of nations regarding the access to health systems, and specially to basic drugs. In this sense, it is evidenced how the unequal international relations from the economic, social, and cultural point of view, as well as the severe financial restrictions, the external debt and the increase of the costs for the acquisition of technologies, are a challenge for the survival of the poor and the developing countries.

Palabras clave : Drugs; asymmetry; challenge..