Category Archives: Healthcare

Cuban doctors’ work in the southern state of Mexico is highlighted

Mexico City, March 18 (Prensa Latina) Cuban doctors are key today to the care of chronic diseases at the IMSS-Bienestar Hospital in San Luis Acatlán, in the Mexican state of Guerrero, according to a media outlet on its website. A … Continue reading

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Haitian press highlights the value of Cuba’s medical cooperation

Port-au-Prince, March 15 (Prensa Latina) Cuban medical cooperation began in 1998 and today holds a very strong symbolic value in Haiti, highlights Le Nouvelliste, the most influential newspaper in the Caribbean country. Cuban health personnel arrived here under President René … Continue reading

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Trinidad and Tobago defends medical cooperation program with Cuba

Port of Spain, Mar 10 (Prensa Latina) Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Keith Rowley today defended Cuba’s medical assistance and rejected accusations of alleged slave labor trafficking. Speaking at the inauguration of facilities at the General Hospital in the capital, … Continue reading

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Peruvian trade unions against sabotage of Cuban medical cooperation

Lima, Mar 7 (Prensa Latina) The General Confederation of Workers of Peru (CGTP) today condemned the new measures taken by the United States against Cuba’s international medical cooperation and against the health care of millions on the island and around … Continue reading

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Ralph Gonsalves defends Cuban medical program in his country

Kingstown, Mar 7 (Prensa Latina) The Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, defended the Cuban health brigade program in the face of threats from the U.S. government, iWitness News reported today. Last week, U.S. Secretary of … Continue reading

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Cuba received a new donation of medicines from India

Havana, Mar 5 (Prensa Latina) Indian Ambassador Armstrong Changsan received and delivered to Cuban authorities today the third shipment of medicines donated by the Indian government and people in a gesture of solidarity. “I am happy that India can assist … Continue reading

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Habanos Festival injects millions of euros into Cuban Public Health

Havana, Mar 1 (Prensa Latina) Cuba’s national public health system will receive an injection of 17 million 940 thousand euros raised at an auction of humidors during the Habanos Festival, the presidency announced today. Inaugurated on February 24, the event … Continue reading

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Russia and Cuba on the way to creating a joint biopharmaceutical company 

Moscow, Feb 28 (Prensa Latina) Russia and Cuba are betting on developing the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, so much so that they are working to create the first joint venture in the biopharmaceutical sector by 2025. “In recent years we … Continue reading

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International Convention Cuba Health 2025 presented in Mongolia 

Havana, Feb 24 (Prensa Latina) The official representation of Cuba in Mongolia presented the V International Convention Cuba Health 2025 in the capital of that nation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced today. The XVI Health for All Trade Fair … Continue reading

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Cuban President awards distinguished scientists

Havana, Feb 20 (Prensa Latina) Twenty-eight Cuban scientists and researchers were awarded the Carlos J. Finlay Order today in a ceremony led by President Miguel Díaz-Canel at the Palace of the Revolution. The award winners, who are from the medical … Continue reading

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