A group of 204 Cuban health collaborators who worked on Brazil”s More Doctors program returned to the island on Friday as a result of the hostile attitude of the South American country”s president-elect, Jair Bolsonaro.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel paid tribute Tuesday to the eight medicine students shot on November 27, 1871 by Spanish colonialism.
Cuban women make up today 69 percent of health and social assistance professionals since they took on the challenge of becoming doctors and nurses, two professions that were denied to them in the past.
Cuba”s decision to withdraw doctors serving in Brazil has the full backing of the medical team that is currently working in Uruguay”s public health.
The Brazilian people and political and social organizations have reacted to the end of the Cuban presence in the More Doctors Program due to the hostile attitude of President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, and recognized the work by the Cuban physicians.
The Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) celebrates its 20th anniversary with the commitment to continue training women and men of science and conscience to contribute from Cuba to the unity and integration of nations.
The Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) on Monday defended the integrity of the Cuban doctors who are working in Brazil and condemned the derogatory statements by President-elect Jair Bolsonaro about them.
The President of the Workers Party (PT) of Brazil, Gleisi Hoffman, thanked the government and Cuban doctors for their solidarity with her people, who today regret the withdrawal of their professionals from the More Doctors Program.
Health authorities from small cities in northeastern Brazil fear a health gap might result from the departure of Cuban doctors due to the offensive positions of the future government of far right politian Jair Bolsonaro.
A photograph of the first Cuban doctors and health workers who arrived in Sierra Leone in 2014 to combat Ebola illustrates this Thursday one of the multiple dimensions of Latin America’s global leadership in South-South cooperation.
Health authorities from small cities in northeastern Brazil fear a health blackout on Thursday due to the departure of Cuban doctors, in the face of offensive positions of the future government of the far right Jair Bolsonaro.
Cuba’s Ministry of Public Health (Minsap) announced on Wednesday that it will not continue in Brazil”s More Doctors Program, given the conditions set forth by the president-elect of the South American country, Jair Bolsonaro, for the island”s professionals.
The International Symposium on Sudden Cardiovascular Death, started on Tuesday in Havana, should give a lot of information to continue learning about the reality of Latin America and the Caribbean, Peruvian physician Jonathan Quispe said.
The 16th Pan-American Nursing Research Colloquium concludes Friday in Havana with the assistance of delegates from 21 countries after four scientific days, dedicated to improve the quality of care to patients.
The 16th Pan-American Nursing Research Colloquium is focusing on Wednesday on the provision of services in Latin American and Caribbean communities with participation of representatives of 21 countries at Havana”s Conference Center.
Cuba has one nurse for every 123 inhabitants, Cuban Health Minister Jose Angel Portal said on Tuesday during the inaugural conference of the 16th Pan-American Colloquium on Nursing Research attended by delegates from 21 countries.
The 16th Pan-American Nursing Research Colloquium opens in Havana on Tuesday with the assistance of delegates from 21 countries with the aim of socializing the work to improve the quality of care.
Delegates from 21 countries will attend the 16th Pan American Colloquium on Nursing Research to be held here with the aim of socializing the work done to improve the quality of care, the organizers confirmed.
With the idea of promoting Sport for All, the event ”Cubamotricidad-2018” opened on Tuesday at Havana’s Conference Center.
More than 300 Cuban and foreign specialists are attending today in this central city of the country the 9th National Congress of Nephrology, which includes the debate of nearly 200 presentations.
