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[Marxism] Cuba To Help Carribean Fight AIDS

Cuba to help Caribbean fight Aids

By Stephen Gibbs
BBC correspondent in Cuba



Cuba has one of the world's lowest infection rates
The Cuban government has offered to train nurses and doctors throughout the
Caribbean as part of the region's fight against Aids.
Cuba also says it will provide anti-retroviral drugs to its neighbours at well
below market prices.

The offer has been enthusiastically accepted by representatives of Caricom -
the Caribbean regional grouping that has been meeting in Havana.

Only sub-Saharan Africa has higher HIV infection rates than the Caribbean.

But Cuba, the region's largest island, has largely escaped the disease.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3899657.stm



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