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Activesince 1997

Haiti

Comprehensive Health Program

60
Active staff
14,308
Historical total
28
Documented years
Executive summary
Since 1998, Cuba's medical mission in Haiti has spanned 28 years, evolving from Operación Milagro into the Programa Integral de Salud; though officially "active," personnel collapsed from 881 in 2015 to just 60 by 2026, with former Health Minister Josette Bijou confirming the program now "exists only in name." Documented violations include passport retention, mandatory residences, curfews, surveillance, restricted movement, and forced alteration of medical statistics—corroborated by over 18 testimonies and UN condemnations. Collaborators were also compelled toward political actions. "Never a gift, but a government export policy"—Cuba's third-largest revenue source, built on doctors stripped of their passports and freedom.
Mission data
Agreement typeComprehensive Health Program
First documented year1997
Mission head
Didier Álvarez Morejón – Henry Reeve Medical Brigade Chief (2021)
Alexis Díaz Ortega – Head of the Henry Reeve Medical Brigade (2016)
Michel Escalona Martin – Medical Mission Chief (2015)
Research profile
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