After 45 years of existence, the Cuban Medical Collaboration Program continues as a model and a cornerstone of the nation's international policy, as well as one the highest forms of altruism ever showed to sister nations.

Currently, more than 36,500 collaborators of the health system, including professionals and technicians, offer their services in 73 countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa; the number of countries will rise to 81 in 2008.

Throughout all these years, they have saved an estimated 614,383 lives, seen 85,099,737 patients, and they have performed 221,712 surgeries.