Category Archives: Healthcare

Cuba and Russia discuss ways of expanding cooperation in health care

HAVANA, Cuba, May 30 (ACN) In the context of the 77th World Health Assembly, held in Geneva, Switzerland, Cuba’s Minister of Public Health, José Ángel Portal, and Russia’s deputy minister of the sector, Oleg Salagay, evaluated the prospects for increasing … Continue reading

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ANAIC praises Cuba’s international health collaboration

Rome, Jun 1 (Prensa Latina) On an event arranged by MediCuba Europe and the Naional Association of Italy-Cuba Friendship (ANAIC), participants praise Cuba’s example of global collaboration in sectors such as health, given the high quality of its healthcare system; … Continue reading

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Cuba’s first medical collaboration in the world is recalled

Havana, May 23 (Prensa Latina) Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez recalled the sending, 61 years ago, of the first medical collaboration brigade of his country abroad. In his profile on the social network X, the Cuban Foreign Minister highlighted these … Continue reading

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Cuban Solidarity: Mexico To Hire 1200 Cuban Doctors

The Cuban president ratified the willingness to support as much as possible “the sister nation.” May 12 (teleSUR) The Mexican government will hire 1,200 additional Cuban doctors to the hundreds already in the country after a meeting between the director … Continue reading

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Polio vaccination campaign starts in Cuba

Havana, Apr 22 (Prensa Latina) The 63rd National Bivalent Polio Oral Vaccination Campaign started in Cuba on Monday to keep this disease eliminated in the country, the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) informed on its X profile. All children from … Continue reading

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Belarus to supply machinery to Cuba in exchange for medicine

Minsk, Apr 17 (Prensa Latina) President Alexandr Lukashenko has renewed for two years the mechanism for receiving medicines from Cuba in exchange for agricultural and automotive equipment, Cuban Ambassador to Belarus Santiago Pérez said on Wednesday. According to the Cuban … Continue reading

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UNICEF supports Cuba’s neonatology services

Havana, Apr 16 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Cuba reported on Tuesday that it mobilized resources to support 19 neonatology services throughout the country in in 2023. In its official X account, the UN agency noted … Continue reading

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Three Pakistani youth to study medicine in Cuba

Islamabad, Apr 16 (Prensa Latina) Three young Pakistanis have been chosen to study medicine in Cuba as part of the educational program conceived by the historic leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro, diplomatic sources reported on Tuesday. Cuba’s Ambassador to … Continue reading

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Sri Lanka selects candidates to study medicine in Cuba

Colombo, Apr 9 (Prensa Latina) The Sri Lankan Ministry of Education on Tuesday evaluated the candidates to study medicine in Havana, at a meeting that was attended by Cuban Ambassador Andrés González. Like every year, Cuba offered the possibility for … Continue reading

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PAHO/WHO highlights humanism of Cuban Health system

Havana, Apr 8 (Prensa Latina) World Health Day today in Cuba is a celebration for the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), stated the representative of these organizations, Dr. Mario Cruz Peñate. The specialist defined the date as a … Continue reading

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