Public Health in Cuba

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This immersive course in Havana, Cuba, examines how the Cuban government has prioritized strategies to achieve universal healthcare over the last six decades, with a special emphasis on efforts to strengthen primary healthcare and integrate it with more complex levels of care. The course contextualizes and analyzes programs aimed at preventing infant mortality and controlling infectious diseases, including polio, malaria, tuberculosis, dengue, HIV, and COVID-19, as well as the economic and political contexts in which these public health initiatives developed. The course takes place in partnership with the National School of Public Health of Cuba. It includes site visits to health facilities and community-based organizations.