Editing Foreign relations of Cuba (section)

=====Social and economic programs=====

Cuba had social and economic programs in 40 developing countries. This was possible by a growing Cuban economy in the 1970s. The largest programs were construction projects, in which 8,000 Cubans provided technical advice, planning, and training of engineers. Educational programs involved 3,500 teachers. In addition thousands of specialists, technicians, and engineers were sent as advisors to agricultural mining and transportation sectors around the globe. Cuba also hosted 10,000 foreign students, mostly from Africa and Latin America, in health programs and technical schools.<ref>Pérez, '' Cuba: Between Reform and Revolution'' (5th ed. 2015) pp 300-301.</ref>  Cuba's extensive program of medical support to international attention. A 2007 study reported:
:Since the early 1960s, 28,422 Cuban health workers have worked in 37 Latin American countries, 31,181 in 33 African countries, and 7,986 in 24 Asian countries. Throughout a period of four decades, Cuba sent 67,000 health workers to structural cooperation programs, usually for at least two years, in 94 countries ... an average of 3,350 health workers working abroad every year between 1960 and 2000.<ref>Pol De Vos,  et al. "Cuba's international cooperation in health: an overview." ''International Journal of Health Services'' 37.4 (2007): 761-776.  [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pol_De_Vos/publication/5776693_Cuba%27s_International_Cooperation_in_Health_An_Overview/links/5448aaa20cf2d62c3052ad8e.pdf online]</ref>