Countries urged to take tough action to prevent NCDs

摘要

A: In Uruguay, physicians train inpublic hospitals and university hospitals.These institutions open their doors tothe poorest and most vulnerable peoplein society and, as junior doctors, welearn more about how poor people live.It was this experience that drew me topublic health practice, and later, a publichealth policy that strives to improvethe quality of health care and patients’quality of life. Also, public health topics,including social medicine and epidemiology,are an important part of ourmedical training in Uruguay.