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Cuba injects doctor diplomacy into Africa

Oil-pumping African nations pay hefty sums to staff their hospitals with Cuban doctors, with most of the money going to the Cuban government.

A cholera-stricken patient is pictured at Angola's Benguela hospital. A generation ago, Cuba sent soldiers to fight in African civil conflicts. Now the island sends doctors to African countries in need.

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