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Marta Iraola Iribarren

Italy's poorest region relies on Cuban doctors despite US pressure to cut ties

Italy’s southern Calabria region is the rare place in Europe where Cuba sends medical professionals under a long-running programme that the United States wants to stamp out.

Cuba has more doctors per person than almost any country on Earth — around 9.5 physicians per 1,000 people according to WHO data, nearly three times the OECD average — and its community-based prevention model is studied by health systems worldwide.

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