How Cuban medical training has helped Pacific nations face the pandemic challenge

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How Cuban medical training has helped Pacific nations face the pandemic challenge

The Conversation

The Conversation

Cook Islands [Christoph Burgdorfer on Unsplash]
Over the past decade, more than 250 Pacific students have travelled to Cuba to train in medicine [Image: Christoph Burgdorfer on Unsplash]

Sharon McLennan is a senior lecturer in development studies at Massey University

With the COVID-19 pandemic stretching health systems worldwide, Pacific countries have capitalised on their relative isolation to avoid the worst. Bor