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Mission Miracle - Total of Operations

Within the framework of Operación Milagro (Operation Miracle), Cuba has donated 57 ophthalmologic centres which have already been installed in 15 countries in Latin American, the Caribbean and Africa (21 in Venezuela, 2 in Haiti, 15 in Bolivia, 3 in Guatemala, 3 in Ecuador, 3 in Honduras, 1 in Panama, 1 in Mali, 1 in Uruguay,1 in Peru, 1 in Suriname, 1 in Paraguay, 1 in San Vicent and The Granadines, 2 in Nicaragua and 1 in Angola).

Where 1,384,343 Latin American, Africa and Caribbean patients have already been operated on. More than 900 Cuban public health professionals are working in these ophthalmologic centres and of these, 200 are ophthalmologists.

• The Caribbean (15 countries): 57,182 operations which means one out of every 322 inhabitants has benefited from Operación Milagro • Latin America (14 countries): 557,431 operations which means one out of every 852 inhabitants has benefited from Operación Milagro.

• In Venezuela: 587,364 operations which means one out of every 48 Venezuelans has benefited from Operación Milagro.

• Africa: In Mali 6,714 operations and 3,407 operations in Angola.

• In Cuba: 172,245 operations which means one out of every 66 Cubans has benefited from Operación Milagro.

The following statistics show the numbers of patients operated on until December 19, 2008.

General Summary by Region

Geographical area	Total of patients operated on from 2004 until December 19, 2008.
Caribean (15 countries)	57,182
Latin America (14 countries)	557,431
Venezuela	587,364
Mali	6,714
Angola	3,407
Cuba	172,245
Total (33 countries)	1,384,343