Health

10 August, 2016 Cuba and Seychelles Deepen Health Cooperation

Havana, Cuba.- Cuba and Seychelles have deepened cooperation in a number of areas, especially in the health sector, in the past four years. Cuba’s outgoing Ambassador Orlando Alvarez Alvarez, paid his farewell visit Tuesday to the Seychelles’ Head of State, James Michel, and Vice-President Danny Faure after a two-year service. Ambassador Alvarez said Cuba’s cooperation […]

2 August, 2016 Cuban Cooperation Continues to Increase in South Africa

Johannesburg, Sout Africa.- A new group of 29 Cuban health collaborators have arrived in the South African province of Gauteng, raising the number of these professionals in the country to more than 400. The doctors, mostly specialists in family medicine, are currently in training prior to begining work in their respective communities. Dr. Victor Figueroa, […]

5 July, 2016 Cuban Scientists Discover Neuroprotective Effect of Molecule

Havana, Cuba.-A team of Cuban scientists discovered the molecule called JM-20 that protects the nervous system from own degenerative brain injury, Granma newspaper released today. Researchers found in preclinical studies the neuroprotective characteristics in the molecule. It could contribute to the development of new treatments to face cerebral ischemia, the newspaper states. According to the […]

5 July, 2016 Canadian NGO Awards Cuban Doctors against Ebola

Ottawa, canada.-Canadian non-governmental organization Help to Fight Ebola (HFEC) delivered an award called Friends of Humanity in Africa to the government of Cuba and the Cuban doctors who helped to fight the ebola virus. The distinction was received in a special ceremony, byt eh Cuban General Consul in Toronto, Canada, Javier Domokos Ruiz, on behalf […]