title: [Maternal and child health in Cuba, 1978: history, present situation and perspectives].
abstract: The programs and activities that were developed from the first years of the 1960's devoted to improve, in a general sense, the people's health are stated. The present state of mother-and child-health is exposed and analysis is made on population, natalily, demographic growth, human resources, availability of beds, mother-and child-care units, nursing personnel, organization of mother-and child-care and programs for the integral care to woman and the child. The working prospectivenesses for the coming years, lead to maintain the successes reached as well as to solve other problems derived from the development obtained, are presently considered and reviewed.
mesh_terms: D002662:Child Health Services / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends*; D003462:Cuba; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends*; D013222:State Medicine
vernacular_title: Salud maternoinfantil en Cuba, 1978: antecedentes, situación actual y perspectivas.