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ROJAS OCHOA, Francisco. 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolutionary Public Health. Rev Cubana Salud Pública [online]. 2009, vol.35, n.1. ISSN 0864-3466.

The arrival of the 50th anniversary of the triumph of the armed revolutionary movement that overthrew the last tyrannical and bourgeois government in Cuba and gave rise to the construction of socialism is the right time to make an account of the advances in the field of public health. This article listed and underlined the most outstanding results achieved so far as well as their placing in the appropriate setting. Not all the events may be dealt with in this article that has been worked out for this journal issue in which there will be other papers addressing specific topics within this historical period. This paper covered aspects of the international economic and political environment; an evaluation of the health situation worldwide, the starting of the creation of the new healthcare system in Cuba and its advances throughout the years.

Palabras clave : Cuban revolutionary public health care; health situation worldwide; National Health Care System.

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