For more than almost 60 years, the economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba has affected different sectors of society. In the health sector, losses amount to 2.5 billion dollars.

This is reflected in the report prepared by the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Difficulties in acquiring medications, reagents, instruments, spare parts, receive medical equipment and other supplies are some of the limitations caused by the heavy blockade.

An example of this is the difficulties to obtaining Temozolamide, a first-line medication for the treatment of chemotherapy for malignant brain tumors, and the Evolucumab Repatha monoclonal antibody, the first biological drug for the treatment of high cholesterol in patients with high and very high cardiovascular risk. .

The academic exchange between the two nations is also affected by the decline in the bilateral relations.

The impact of this law on health services presents difficult-to-solve challenges in a country with a universal and free health system, with a population accustomed to using services widely, including those of advanced technology.

The institutions that provide medical care to the entire population and develop actions for health promotion, disease prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, mainly in hospitals and polyclinics, have affected their emergency services, surgical units and other specialized services, in adults, children and pregnant women, for not having in many of these medicines, diagnostic means, expendable material, spare parts or the necessary equipment for the different procedures to be developed.

Despite all this, in Cuba, free medical care is provided to the entire population and extends its services to other latitudes of the world.

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