Re: [xmca] Infant Mortality - Cuba and others

[Steve Gabosch <stevegabosch@me.com>]

Ulvi, thank you for your note and link on this.  It got me looking for  
a few minutes at the Wikipedia on infant mortality rates, a  
traditional measurement for modern social progress, and reflecting on  
what "4.8 per 1000" really means.  It means a lot!  And to me, Cuba's  
accomplishment means even more than just the many, many lives saved.   
Cuba's accomplishment also points to new ways of understanding,  
creating and practicing medical care as a fundamental human right for  
all.

- Steve


On Jan 4, 2010, at 3:08 AM, ulvi icil wrote:

> http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2010/01/04/nacional/artic02.html
>
> In my country, this rate was 67 per 1000 in 1990 ! In 2007 , it  
> dropped to
> 27 per 1000.
>
> In 1960, it was 37.3 per 1000 in Cuba !
>
> Today, 4.8 per 1000
>
> Ulvi
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