With several activities at a national level, Cuba is celebrating the Brain Awareness Week today, aimed at raising awareness and informing the population about mental disorders and neurological diseases.
The clinical trial developed by the Finlay Institute for the heptavalent vaccine against pneumococci will be extended to other municipalities in Havana, said doctor Meybis Rodriguez, Promoter Coordinator of the research.
Cuban diagnostic technology SUMA has been used in Mexico for more than 20 years with effective results, stated María Elena Selles León, general manager of Tecnosuma México S.A.
Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez welcomed the Minister of Health, Population and Hospital Reform of Algeria, Mokhtar Hasbellaoui, in this capital, the Foreign Ministry reported today.
Cuba will increase the export of health services to Algeria, said today the two governments at the end of official talks that envisaged the increase of bilateral economic and trade ties.
American pediatrician Stephen Berman has contrasted today the services of that specialty in Cuba with those of his country: we ha ve a lot to learn about the successes of our Cuban colleagues on how to do more with less, he said.
The International Convention, Calixto 2018, began today in this capital with the participation of representatives of more than 15 countries to update the scientific results at a national and foreign level.
More than 500 families have benefited in Cuba with the oncogenetic service, created to identify hereditary cancer and achieve early detection of cancer and prevention of tumors.
The Cuban medical brigade that provided health care in Sierra Leone returned today to this capital, after three months of internationalist work.
M.Sc. Dr. Alberto Quirantes Master of Science and Consulting Professor Head of the Endocrinology Service Teaching Hospital Dr. Salvador Allende Havana Cuba Excess cholesterol can affect our health. When high cholesterol levels are found, there is a higher risk of suffering from cardiovascular diseases … In the medium and long term, high levels of blood […]
Scientists Shahida Hasnain (Pakistan) and Samir Saha (Bangladesh) will receive today the UNESCO Carlos J. Finlay prize for microbiology today, an award established by initiative of the Cuban government.
The potentialities of the Relax Viewer, a neuromuscular relaxation monitor designed in Cuba, was exhibited today in the scientific sessions of the 11th Congress of Anesthesiology in this capital.
A global educational day to raise awareness about breast cancer prevention is taking place all over the world today, with several initiatives aimed at early detection, treatment and palliative cares.
After the devastation caused by powerful hurricane Irma that affected almost all of Cuba, most hospitals in Havana already have power, said Dr. Reynol García Moreiro, director of Public Health in Havana.
72 hours after Hurricane Irma”s onslaught in Havana, 98 percent of hospitals in the capital city already has electricity and running water, said local director of health Reynol Garcia.
A visit to Cuba in 2016 and the concern about infant mortality rates in a Chicago community led US doctor Robert A. Winn to become interested in working with Cuban specialists.
Georgetown, Guyana.-The program of medical scholarships established between Guyana and Cuba celebrated Thursday the graduation of 38 new doctors, and it was dedicated to the late leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz. Rupert Roopnaraine, Guyanese Minister of Public Service, expressed gratitude for the extraordinary contribution of Cuba in training public health professionals, and […]
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.-The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) restated the warning on conjunctivitis, also known as Pink Red Eye, outbreaks that today affect several countries of the region. Dr Virginia Asin-Oostburg, Director, Surveillance, Disease Prevention and Control assured that they are monitoring the epidemic situation. Besides, she urged people to take necessary precautions to […]
Chapare, Bolivia.-About 11,000 free medical consults have been provided by Cuban collaborators and their Bolivian colleagues in the first two days of the Cochabamba Tropic Health Fair, which ends today. The most demanded specialties so far are Comprehensive General Medicine, Ophthalmology, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Gynecology, Orthopedics and Traumatology, Allergology, Otorhinolaryngology and Dermatology. Thousands of low-income […]
Chapare, Bolivia.-With the satisfaction of the mission accomplished, the collaborators of the Cuban Medical Brigade are returning today to their daily activities after providing more than 21,000 free medical consults during the Cochabamba Tropic Health Fair. More than 100 volunteers and their Bolivian colleagues consulted low-income people living in rural areas, among them children with […]
