Leveraging Partnership in the Cuban National Health System to Protect People from the Health Harms of Climate Change
Abstrak
In Cuba and elsewhere, climate change is harming human health in myriad ways. This article reviews the climate change-related health risks faced by people in tropical small-island developing nations throughout the Caribbean. It provides an overview of Cuba’s partnership- and solidarity-oriented National Health System (Sistema Nacional de Salud de Cuba, or SNS), which, despite severe financial and material limitations, maintains a strong focus on universal coverage, primary care, and disease prevention. This highly effective and efficient system can be further leveraged to prevent harms to people’s health from climate change. As an example, we focus on chronic kidney disease and describe current efforts and future potential for leveraging the partnership-based Cuban model to address this climate change-related health threat. We conclude by examining how the Cuban model could be harnessed in other nations to effectively mitigate and adapt to the human health impacts of climate change.
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (11)
Guillermo Mesa Ridel
Teddie Potter
Barbara Astle
Nathan Meyer
Heidi Honegger Rogers
Jothsna Harris
Melissa Kenney
Ruben Antonio Garcia Lopez de Villavicencio
Heidi Roop
Amanda Farris
Edward Maibach
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2025
- Sumber Database
- DOAJ
- DOI
- 10.24926/ijps.v11i2.6762
- Akses
- Open Access ✓