REI - Building People to Build Nations

COUNTRY NAME	Republic of Cuba
LOCATION	Caribbean
POPULATION	11,308,764 (July 2004 est.)
CAPITAL	Havana
GOVERNMENT	Communist State
COUNTRY SIZE	Slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
POP. GROWTH	0.34% (2004 est.)
LIFE EXPECTANCY	77.04 years
LITERACY RATE	97% (age 15 and over)
PER CAPITA GDP	$2,900 (2003 est.)
CURRENCY	Cuban peso (CUP)
ETHNIC GROUPS	mulatto 51%, white 37%, black 11%, Chinese 1%
RELIGIONS	No recent information available
LANGUAGES	Spanish

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REI Cuba

On an annual basis, REI conducts major medical exchanges with two of Cuba’s main hospitals. Doctors and experts from the US perform work side-by-side with Cuban doctors in a wide array of fields such as: Otolaryngology, Dermatology and Orthopedics. Recently, at the request of the Ministry of Public Health, REI participated in survey programs at three pediatric hospitals based in the Cuba’s capital city, Havana. Over the next few years, REI has plans to continue expanding medical exchanges within Cuba.