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Barrio Adentro As Seen from the Perspective of a U.S. Health Professional
August 7, 2008 ... idea of the tremendous work that is being done to prevent disease and promote the health of the Venezuelan people. I ... has showed us that a band aid approach will not eliminate disease and health care has to be in concert with a radical ... -
Venezuela Leads on UN Human Development Goals
November 21, 2011 ... have been incorporated into the national strategy for disease prevention. In 2008 alone, more than 32 million doses ... -
Felix’s Miracle and the Convenio Cuba-Venezuela
August 24, 2006 ... few months. As for Felix, he has learned to live with his disease and takes insulin twice a day. Only his eyes are ... -
Misión Barrio Adentro: Experiencing Health Care as a Human Right in Venezuela
May 27, 2007 ... systems, and were focused on curing instead of preventing disease. In poor and rural communities, care was provided by ... by person, family by family, recording the prevalence of disease and issues like lack of housing or clean water. ... Also this screen diagnosed his chronic obstructive lung disease and chronic heart failure. He says that in this ... -
Science for Need not Greed: Venezuela’s Optical Instrument Plant
June 11, 2013 In these interviews with three workers at Venezuela’s new telescope plant, Venezuelanalysis.com looks at how scientific work and community work can go hand in hand, and how science can be used as a tool for liberation and human development. -
Big Tobacco Attempted To Woo El Senor Anti-Imperialista. They Didn't Get Very Far.
January 4, 2008 Back in 1999, the new Venezuelan administration wasn't viewed as unfriendly, only unknown. And the US tobacco industry had plenty to gain from friendly relations: the country, along with a bevy of others, was suing the industry for tobacco-related healthcare expenses, and stood to lose should Venezuela ramp up its cigarette taxes, heighten its anti-smuggling efforts or spearhead public health campaigns. -
Adentro Barrio Adentro: An American Medical Student in Venezuela
December 6, 2008 ... When the clinic opened in the neighborhood, the nature of disease changed as more families had access to preventive ... medicine and attended clinics earlier in the course of a disease. A subtle shift in the sense of security in the ... -
Cuban Doctors in Venezuela Operate Free Neighborhood Clinics
October 23, 2003 The Barrio Adentro (Inside the Barrio) program is one of the government's most popular programs because it provides free healthcare to Venezuela's poorest. An extensive report on the program and its controversies. -
The Venezuelan Effort to Build a New Food and Agriculture System
October 18, 2009 ... Venezuela (through an economic phenomenon known as "Dutch Disease"), while providing insights into the early stages of ...