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Health in Cuba




Health in Cuba
The Cuban system of health is characterized to have one of the more complete programs of primary attention of the world, in addition to being a gratuitous service for all the Cuban town. 22 Faculties of Medical Sciences, distributed by all the provinces of the country exist. The Public Health of the island has gained the recognition of the world-wide organisms and regional specialized, with a population it heals where the infectious diseases are not between the main causes of death and those prevenibles by vaccines have practically disappeared.

Tourism of health
Cuba has natural conditions that have caused the development of the health tourism and has increased the efforts to guarantee comfortable and equipped facilities with the most novel techniques and personal highly described. In all the hotels the medical services are offered, in the majority the 24 hours, with General Medicine specialists Integral. Also it offers medical centers specialized and others of restoration, as well as carefully made programs in this discipline. Surgical treatments, transplants of marrow, programs for the third age and infantile, aesthetic surgery offer. Also medical or bath controls of medicinal waters with therapeutic modalities like thermal baths and therapeutic gymnastics, always alternating the vacations with the benefits of these facilities or treatments antistress in qualified tourist centers to the effect.

Sanitary regulations
sanitary regulations single for visitors coming from countries exist restrictive where the yellow fever and the rage exist endemic, or that have been declared zones of infection by the World-wide Organization of the Health. In such cases the Certificate is demanded the International of Vaccination. The natural product entrance of origin animal and vegetable is restricted. Animals can concern themselves previous presentation of the corresponding certificate.

Personal medication
There are many medicines that, due to the blockade commercial of the island, are inhallables, reason why it recommends the travellers who follow a medical trratamiento that trtaigan their medicines in the necessary amount, in their original packing, with the corresponding prescription and a letter of the facultative one which he subscribes it explaining the necessity that has the traveller of the same one.

Surely medico
Those people who must take care of enough or who worry much about their state of health, are advisable that registers to a medical insurance that allows them to benefit from the cares in the sanitary establishments.




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