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How Cuba is eradicating child mortality and diseases of the poor

To move from 59 infant deaths out of every 1000 live births in one of the poorest regions of the island to none in the matter of a few decades is an extraordinary feat

  • Vijay Prashad
  • Manolo De Los Santos
6 min read