Havana, Cuba.- Cuba is represented at the 76th World Health Assembly by the head of the sector, José Ángel Portal, an event that from Monday until May 30 will analyze in Geneva how to strengthen health systems. On the opening day, a series of strategic round tables will be held in which delegates, partner agencies, […]
Havana, Cuba.- The 2023 Hematology Congress begins today in Cuba, where results and novelties in the field of immunology, transfusion and regenerative medicine will be presented. More than 500 participants from about 15 countries will attend the event, which will take place until Friday at the Havana Convention Center. Among the objectives of the conclave […]
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: […]
