Gabriela Emanuel

calls the system human trafficking and it has threatened to cut off U.S.

assistance to countries that participate.

Now Guatemala, Jamaica, Guyana, Honduras and others are bowing out of their arrangements with Cuba or are trying to pay the doctors directly.

Gabriela Emanuel, NPR News.

For more than 60 years, Cuba has sent doctors and other medical professionals abroad to work in underserved communities.

The Cuban government is often paid a hefty sum, and the doctors make a small fraction of that.

Stephanie Panakelli-Batalla is at the University of Warwick in the UK.

The U.S.

calls the system human trafficking, and it has threatened to cut off U.S.

assistance to countries that participate.

Now Guatemala, Jamaica, Guyana, Honduras, and others are bowing out of their arrangements with Cuba or are trying to pay the doctors directly.

Gabriela Emanuel, NPR News.

Last year, over 7,000 people died of cholera, and there were more than half a million cases reported.

Cholera is a bacterial infection caused by consuming contaminated food or water.

It can lead to diarrhea and dehydration.

The surge in cases and emergency vaccination campaigns consumed much of the available vaccine stock.

But now, thanks to a vaccine manufacturer in South Korea, there is enough for preventive campaigns.

The first 20 million doses have been allocated to Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Bangladesh.

The doses are paid for by GAVI, the International Vaccine Alliance, and distributed by UNICEF.

Gabriela Emanuel, NPR News.