Cuban health

National Health System (Cuba)

All Cuban citizens residing in the country are entitled to receive care in all health institutions, which is free. The State guarantees the right to receive medical care in the following manner: the provision of medical care and free hospitals through the network of rural medical services in polyclinics, hospitals, specialist treatment and prophylaxis, with assistance free of charge with the development of plans for dissemination of health and health education, regular checkups, vaccinations and other preventive measures of diseases.

These plans and cooperative efforts throughout the population through mass organizations and socially.
The Cuban state grants working women paid maternity leave before and after delivery, and temporary work options compatible with their maternal role.   All Cubans have free access to doctors, nurses, specialists and medicines.

There are currently 22 Faculties of Medical Sciences, distributed throughout all provinces. There are schools that receive foreign students like the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana (ELAM) and many others across the country that currently implemented a new model of education under the agreements with Venezuela in the framework of ALBA, giving opportunity to low-income students from Venezuela, Bolivia, Honduras and Ecuador housed in dormitories.
Public Health on the island has earned the recognition of global and regional bodies.  Cuba provides medical aid to other countries such as Bolivia, Honduras and Venezuela.
Cuba has one of the lowest rates of infant mortality in the world, with a rate of 5.3 per thousand live births during 2007.