Obstetrics and gynecology
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In the past 17 years, Cuba has established a system of governmental medical care, and undergraduate and graduate medical education have also been revised and expanded. Special attention has been directed to maternal and pediatric care, but no description of this has been published outside Cuba. ⋯ New laws providing benefits for working women encourage prenatal care, rest, and breastfeeding. In 1974 the maternal mortality rate was 55.6 per 100,000 live births, and perinatal mortality was 28.5 per 1000 live births.