Havana, Cuba.- José Ángel Portal, Cuban Minister of Public Health, reported that the country is among the 10 with the most citizens immunized against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19. Accoriding to the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 90.7 percent of the Cuban population had been immunized by the end of 2022. To date, […]
Havana, Cuba.- Alena Douhan, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the negative repercussions of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, will begin a visit to Cuba today. During her stay, until May 6, the specialist will participate in the panel Diverse views of the Cuban context on the impact of unilateral coercive measures […]
Havana, Cuba.- Cuba’s HeberNasvac vaccine against hepatitis B has demonstrated its effectiveness in several countries around the world. The immunogen was used in South Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, Australia, the Philippines, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, and Hong Kong, with a positive impact on the subjects treated, a result that allowed the vaccine to receive the endorsement […]
Havana, Cuba.- The National Assembly of the People’s Power of Cuba in its 10th Legislature ratified this Wednesday in a constitutive session, Esteban Lazo Hernández as president of the body and of the Council of State to exercise the position for a period of five years. 79-year-old Lazo Hernández is a deputy to Parliament for […]
Havana, Cuba.- Cuba recalled this Wednesday the arrival of the first 139 children affected by the explosion of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, for whom medical care was scheduled. On March 29, 1990, the leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro received the first minor victims of that accident to initiate medical assistance that ran […]
Havana, Cuba.- The President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, recognized on Tuesday the progress made in the vaccine candidate against dengue, developed by the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology -CIGB. “Sooner rather than later, Cuba will have its vaccine against dengue,” said the head of state on his official Twitter account. The president shared a […]
Havana, Cuba.- The Maatouk Drugstores company presented this Monday for the first time in Syria and the Middle East region, Heberprot-P, a Cuban product that promotes the healing of diabetic foot ulcers and reduces the risk of amputation. The launch event for this drug took place at the Four Season Hotel in Damascus, the capital, […]
Havana, Cuba.- The first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel greeted the return of the Caribbean nation’s medical brigade that collaborated in Türkiye, after the earthquakes that devastated several areas of that nation last February 6. In his Twitter profile, the dignitary wrote: […]
Havana, Cuba.- The 3rd phase of clinical trials to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the NeuralCIM neuroprotective drug in patients with mild or moderate Alzheimer’s amnesic variant is being carried out in Sancti Spiritus, medical specialists reported on Monday. Dr. Iralys Benitez, the territorial coordinator of the research, told local media that the trial […]
Havana, Cuba.- The first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel described as a new challenge and contribution to science in the country the start of a clinical trial of the drug NeuralCIM to treat mild or moderate Alzheimer’s disease. On his Twitter account, […]
Havana, Cuba.- On Sunday, the Secretary General of the Korean Labor Party, Kim Jong Un, received a message from Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez in response to his congratulations on the 64th anniversary of the Triumph of the Cuban Revolution. According to KCNA, in his letter, Diaz-Canel expressed gratitude on behalf of the Cuban people, […]
Havana, Cuba.- The weekly meeting of the country’s top leadership with scientists and experts linked to health addressed the response that science and technology seeking to address population aging, an issue that the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, described as present and future. […]
New Delhi, India.- The work of Cuba’s Henry Reeve Medical Brigade in Türkiye to help the population of that country affected by strong earthquakes is highlighted today by the Indian portal Peoples Dispatch. Between February 12 and 19, the Cuban health workers helped more than 260 patients, providing services from primary care to intensive care […]
Havana city, Cuba.- Cuban Public Health Minister Jose Angel Portal said on Wednesday that the signing of a new agreement with his Algerian counterpart, Abdelhak Saihi, strengthens cooperation between the two healthcare systems. Portal wrote that on Twitter, after signing the accord during the 23rd session of the Intergovernmental Mixed Commission and the Cuba-Algeria Business […]
Guatemala city, Guatemala.- The Cuban Medical Brigade (BMC) in Guatemala are putting the main healthcare problems in the areas where they work, mostly rural, under the microscope of science. A total of 40 projects from 2021 and 2022, were presented at the 19th edition of the BMC National Scientific Conference on Saturday in a virtual […]
Havana, Cuba.- Cuba has implemented a strategy to eliminate contagions of leprosy, a curable disease that is not very transmissible and has an average incubation period of five years. Among the priorities are updating the national program against the disease, strengthening surveillance, improving services provision, and the continuous training of the healthcare personnel, patients, family […]
Buenos Aires, Argentine.- The United States persists in its efforts to divide us, stigmatize us and subordinate us to its interests, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel denounced on Tuesday at the 7th Celac Summit in Argentina. Speaking before delegations from 33 countries from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), the Cuban president warned […]
Havana, Cuba.- Cuban immigration expert attorney José Pertierra considered that the U.S. government could stop the irregular migration flow from Cuba to that country, if it eliminates hostile economic policy towards Cuba. According to the Pertierra, the major reason for Cuba-to-USA migration flow is the present severe situation caused by the U.S. blockade against Cuba, […]
Havana, Cuba.- Cuba will host the VII Ibero-American Meeting and the XI National Congress of Allergology in order to present the latest news and achievements in the field of allergies. Both events -to be held from March the 23rd. to the 25 th.- are organized by the Cuban Society of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology […]
Luanda, Angola.- Agostinho Narciso, President of the Association of former Angolan students in Cuba, on Monday informed about a new 64-ton donation to Cuba´s victims of hurricane Ian. At a press conference, Narciso explained these products were collected thanks to a solidarity campaign carried out from October 12 to 28 under the slogan “Help us […]
