a tiny poor island like Cuba can serve out more doctors to the worlds poor than the big and mighty US?
How?
its in the economic model, where 40% of GDP is spent on health and education. Free health and education for all and the surplus is sent in solidarity elsewhere.
in Cuba, state health workers have been serving the worlds poor for years. Shame this video doesnt recognise that and work from the already existing model.
there is a problem with the drug companies- they are companies.a minority profit whilst a majority suffer.
the cubans suffer from the embargo which effects what drugs you can get but none the less they are out there serving the worlds poor.
they have 500 doctors in Haiti for the last 10 years and after the quake they have about 1400 there.
a few years ago I read an article written by bill gates about FDA incentives to get pharmaceuticals to put research into drugs that had little economic benefit if made for the Western market, like malaria drugs. a company could make the malaria drug to get another product of theirs put to market a year earlier to help generate more revenue off their patent. seems like there might be something similar that can be done with this.
nice video! love it.
gadionson1 3 months ago
a tiny poor island like Cuba can serve out more doctors to the worlds poor than the big and mighty US?
How?
its in the economic model, where 40% of GDP is spent on health and education. Free health and education for all and the surplus is sent in solidarity elsewhere.
LeftEdit 1 year ago
in Cuba, state health workers have been serving the worlds poor for years. Shame this video doesnt recognise that and work from the already existing model.
there is a problem with the drug companies- they are companies.a minority profit whilst a majority suffer.
the cubans suffer from the embargo which effects what drugs you can get but none the less they are out there serving the worlds poor.
they have 500 doctors in Haiti for the last 10 years and after the quake they have about 1400 there.
LeftEdit 1 year ago
a few years ago I read an article written by bill gates about FDA incentives to get pharmaceuticals to put research into drugs that had little economic benefit if made for the Western market, like malaria drugs. a company could make the malaria drug to get another product of theirs put to market a year earlier to help generate more revenue off their patent. seems like there might be something similar that can be done with this.
celshader97 1 year ago