La lucha antituberculosa en la primera década de la salud pública revolucionaria / The anti-tuberculosis struggle during the first decade of the revolutionary public health period

RESUMEN

Se estudió la lucha contra la tuberculosis en Cuba en la década de 1959-1969, cuando se organizó por primera vez un programa para su enfrentamiento, se analizan las diversas modificaciones que se hicieron, las principales actividades para conocer la magnitud del problema y los primeros resultados de la aplicación del programa. Asimismo, se hace referencia a las personas que trabajaron, diseñaron e impulsaron las actividades necesarias y que a su vez formaron a las siguientes generaciones en el control de la tuberculosis en Cuba

ABSTRACT

This paper presented the study of the anti-tuberculosis struggle in Cuba in the 1959-1969 period, when a program to face this disease was organized for the first time; the various changes made, the main activities to find out the scope of the problem and the first results of the implementation of this program were also analyzed. Likewise, reference was made to those people who worked, designed and encouraged the necessary activities to attain this goal and who were in charge of the formation of the subsequent generations for the control of tuberculosis in Cuba