Cuba's aid ignored by the media?


An Al Jazzeera Special Report  

Among the many donor nations helping Haiti, Cuba and its medical teams have played a major role in treating earthquake victims.

Public health experts say the Cubans were the first to set up medical facilities among the debris and to revamp hospitals immediately after the earthquake struck.

However, their pivotal work in the health sector has received scant media coverage.


  After the quake struck, Haiti's first medical aid came from Cuba [GALLO/GETTY]

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