tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141878910793686547.post2256683874167202726..comments2024-03-27T17:16:47.951+01:00Comments on UNDER MATTAN: USA räddar världen? Startar "krig mot Ebola" - 3000 amerikanska soldater till AfrikaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141878910793686547.post-1021920587077750252014-10-02T20:37:51.500+02:002014-10-02T20:37:51.500+02:00--Ebola crisis response: Cuba sends doctors, US de...--Ebola crisis response: Cuba sends doctors, US deploys troops--<br /><br />The tiny island nation of Cuba has shamed the world with its international medical missions; the ongoing Ebola crisis in West Africa a case in point.<br /><br />Something that has long gone unreported in the West, for both geopolitical and ideological reasons, is the remarkable role Cuban doctors and medical personnel are played in dealing with the aftermath of disasters and crises, both natural and manmade, throughout the developing world.<br /><br />The most recent example is Cuba’s response to the spread of Ebola in West Africa. According to the World Health Organization, Cuba is in the process of sending hundreds of doctors, nurses and other medical personnel to West Africa to work on the frontline against the disease. <br /><br />Meanwhile, by way of comparison, the response of the United States to the Ebola crisis in West Africa has been the deployment of 3,000 troops.<br /><br />Cuba’s exemplary gesture of solidarity, with a population of just over 11 million people and a GDP of around £70 billion, is made even more remarkable by the fact it currently has some 50,000 medical personnel serving on such medical missions around the world, specifically in 66 countries in the developing world. [...]<br /><br />http://rt.com/op-edge/192176-cuba-doctors-ebola-aid-mission/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com