title: Comprehensive care and the sanatoria: Cuba's response to HIV/AIDS.
abstract: The authors present an overview of Cuba's response to HIV/AIDS including: (a) the development of comprehensive health care in Cuba; (b) the epidemiology of AIDS in Cuba; (c) the sanatoria approach to treatment and recent changes; (d) the idea of comprehensive HIV/AIDS care as a basic human right; (e) the effects of the special period on the HIV/AIDS program and containment of the epidemic; and (f) a critique of Cuba's HIV/AIDS program.
authors.affiliation: Samuel Merritt College, Oakland, CA, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Swanson
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wald
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Swanson
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D003191:Comprehensive Health Care; D003462:Cuba / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000628:therapy* / Q000635:transmission; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods; D006268:Health Facilities; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012736:Sex Education