Wednesday, January 12, 2005

Nicholas D. Kristof: Look to Cuba for some tips

If the United States had an infant mortality rate as good as Cuba's, America would save an additional 2,212 babies a year.
Yes, Cuba's. Babies are less likely to survive in the United States, with a health care system that we Americans think is the best in the world, than in impoverished and autocratic Cuba. According to the latest CIA World Factbook, Cuba is one of 41 countries that have better infant mortality rates than the United States.

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