Deaths due to diabetes in Latin America and the Caribbean are are a key discussion point on Thursday during the 4th Symposium of the Latin American Diabetes Association in Cuba.
The 1st International Diabetes Congress opens in Havana on Wednesday with about 400 specialists from Latin America, Europe, Asia and the United States, who will insist on the need to prevent this disease, considered the 7th leading cause of death by 2030.
Public Health Minister of Cuba Jose Angel Portal has rejected on Tuesday any kind of manipulation used to distort the real commitment and the solidarity principles of the Cuban medical cooperation in foreign countries.
The Chief of the General Staff of the Civil Defense in Cuba, Ramon Pardo Guerra, held a meeting with the General Secretary of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Elhadj As Sy.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez, today highlighted the work of Cuban doctors in Mozambique sent by the island after the recent passage of cyclone Idai.
The United States has nearly 800 military bases worldwide and to attain its criminal purposes it offends and lies about Cuba and Venezuela, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel wrote in Twitter on Monday.
Cuban Health Minister, José Ángel Portal, reported today that the Kenyan government is continuing its actions for the return of Caribbean island doctors kidnapped in the African nation.
Stage II of the 58th Campaign of Vaccination Oral Poliomyelitis in Cuba begins Monday today in coincidence with the 17th Vaccination Week in the Americas and the 8th World Immunization Week.
Cuban health collaborators reaffirmed their commitment to the Venezuelan people on celebrating this Tuesday the 16th anniversary of the Barrio Adentro program in that nation.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel asserted on Sunday that the State is working tirelessly for the return of two doctors kidnapped in Kenya.
Cuban doctors who are members of the ”Barrio Adentro” Mission are attending to workers of the Electric Corporation of Venezuela who are arduously working to restore power following several sabotage attacks on the national grid.
The professionals from the Cuban Medical Brigade (BMC, in Spanish) in Bolivia on Thursday ratified their commitment to the Government and people of this South American country to providing better services.
Equity and solidarity will be focused on the Americas” regional activities on World Health Day, held every April 7, announced PAHO / WHO directors, organizations that lead this campaign.
Guatemalan Economy Minister Acisclo Valladares said on Monday that a Partial Scope Agreement (PSA) signed with Cuba might be implemented this year.
A Cuban medical brigade will depart in the next hours to Mozambique to support health care in the territories affected by cyclone Idai, according to a report on national television today.
Amid the media, economic and diplomatic campaign by the Government of the United States against Venezuela, the work by Cuban doctors who render their services in this South American country has become a new target in the escalation of aggressions.
Cuba will send a field hospital to Mozambique to reinforce health care there with Cuban doctors deployed in that African country, Vice Foreign Minister Anayansi Rodriguez announced on Monday.
As part of the defense of human rights, Cuba is celebrating the World Down Syndrome Day on Thursday under the principle of true inclusion.
The 9th Cuban Congress on Psychiatrics opened in Havana on Wednesday with the participation of some 100 experts from the Americas, Europe and Australia, who will analyze the boundaries of that medical branch regarding new technologies.
