FACTS
Health workers: 52
Other: 154
Cumulative: 1,200
Mission status: Active
AGREEMENTS
MOST RECENT AGREEMENT
DURATION: +17 years
STARTED: 2003
AGREEMENT SIGNER: Trinidad and
Tobago’s Ministry of Public Health
PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS
Compensated Technical Assistance
Program (bilateral agreement signed 2003)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Geographic areas: 5 regional health
authorities: North West, North Central,
South-West, Eastern, and Tobago
Health areas: Emphasis on
gastroenterology, general internal
medicine, anesthesia, general, plastic and
reconstructive surgery, ophthalmology,
intensive medicine, internal medicine,
pulmonologist, neurology, cardiology,
epidemiology, pediatrics, immunology,
orthopedics, allergists,
otorhinolaryngology, neurophysiology,
oncology, hematology; various nursing
specialists and pharmacists
Documented Cases: YES
Documented Agreement: No
Current facts:
• Active personnel: 206
• Defections: 40 (estimated)
• Did not return to Cuba: 40 (estimated)
• Prohibited from returning: 50 (estimated)
Official statistics available: Yes
Most relevant violations: Workers live
in groups so they can be monitored; they
cannot have relationships with nationals, or
go out at night, or drive vehicles, or travel
to other cities. They are prohibited from
practicing medicine outside of the mission