Category Archives: Healthcare
“The Blockade Is Harming My Own Family”
October 8, 2026 — Belly of the Beast When Massachusetts-based musician and activist Ben Grosscup learned his mother had Alzheimer’s, he turned to Cuba for help. Grosscup traveled to Havana to obtain NeuralCIM, a Cuban treatment for Alzheimer’s that has … Continue reading
Cuba does not receive a penny per medical brigade in Uruguay
Montevideo, Oct 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuba does not receive a single cent for medical cooperation with Uruguay and the services of an ophthalmological brigade in the South American country, former Deputy Minister of Social Development Ana Olivera stated here today. … Continue reading
A solidarity caravan with Cuba traveled through the city of Manshera in Pakistan
Islamabad, September 30 (Prensa Latina) Pakistani doctors who graduated in Cuba, along with Cuban families, held a solidarity caravan with that country that traveled through the streets of the city of Manshera, the Embassy of the Caribbean island here reported … Continue reading
Henry Reeve Brigades, 21 years of Cuban solidarity towards the world
Havana, September 19 (Prensa Latina) Twenty-one years ago, Cuba established the Henry Reeve International Contingent of Doctors Specialized in Disaster Situations and Serious Epidemics, an initiative of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro that continues to save lives in numerous corners of the … Continue reading
Cuban pediatric hospital resists despite blockade, says its director
Havana, September 7 (Prensa Latina) The director of the Juan Manuel Márquez Pediatric Hospital, Araiz Consuegra, assured that the staff of the Havana institution will not cease their work despite the damage caused by the United States blockade against Cuba. … Continue reading
Cuba: Immunology Center develops cancer drug despite US blockade
Havana is developing accessible therapeutic options for the population, given the high prices of cancer treatments globally and the economic war waged by the White House. August 25, 2026 — teleSUR The Center for Molecular Immunology (CIM) in Cuba is conducting studies for a new … Continue reading
“I am a product of Cuba’s solidarity,” says Colombian doctor
Bogotá, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) While attending to dozens of patients in Cali, one of the cities hardest hit by a deadly earthquake, Colombian doctor Diana Hernández recounts how the importance that Cuba gives to life was engraved in her … Continue reading
US attacks Cuban medical service, France-Cuba reports
By Antonio Rondón — Prensa Latina Referring to recent unilateral measures against Cuban medical collaboration, the president of France-Cuba, Fabrice Leclerc, told Prensa Latina that it was always part of the propaganda to damage the image of Cuba by US … Continue reading
Cuban medical assistance in Calabria is highlighted in Italy
Rome, July 18 (Prensa Latina) Cuban medical collaboration in the Italian region of Calabria is fundamental to maintaining health care, and will continue despite actions by the United States against it, a report indicates today. The US government, particularly the … Continue reading
It was sad to say goodbye to colleagues, said a Cuban doctor in Guatemala
Guatemala City, July 14 (Prensa Latina) The saddest thing was saying goodbye to my colleagues in the department of Suchitepéquez, said doctor Edis Miguel Martínez, who is returning to Cuba today after completing his collaboration in Guatemala. I completed five … Continue reading

