Havana, Cuba.-Cuba will mark the two decades of the Chemical Weapons Convention with a Day for the Protection against these devices, and a commemorative event for the 20th anniversary of that international agreement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said today. These activities will include meetings and seminars to be held during this year. They will […]
Matanzas, Cuba.-The 11th International Symposium on Wetlands Management, which is called by the Cuban Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA), will tackle some priority issues today on wetland preservation. Such an event, scheduled from November 6th to 10th, in the municipality of Cienaga de Zapata, is organized by the Matanzas CITMA delegation and the […]
Havana, Cuba.-The 6th Workshop on Basic Biomedical Sciences started today in this capital with a great international participation and the aim to continue raising the level of Cuban health professionals, recognized worldwide. Today’s agenda includes lectures on several issues such as genetics, nutrition, probiotics in medicine and preclinical and clinical data of the amniotic membrane, […]
Havana, Cuba.-The 9th International Workshop On Aseptic Processing in the Pharmaceutical Industry will open here next Monday, with the attendance of experts from 8 countries of the Americas and Europe, organizers announced. Researchers from Mexico, Argentina, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, US and Cuba will take part in the event, which will spread until April 28th. […]
Havana, Cuba.-The Regional Meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean, of the International Council for Science (ICSU), is beginning here today with specialized debates focused on sustainable development. Cuba will present during the event the scientific progress made in the last decades, especially in the field of medicine and biotechnology, the national press stressed. This […]
Havana, Cuba.-The organizers of the Franco-Cuban Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation today highlighted Cuba”s progress in medicine, education and biotechnology, as well as the enormous potentiality for the two-way cooperation. ‘Everyone recognizes Cuba’s strength in medicine, health and education. Either Latin America and the rest of the world admire this Cuban achievement,’ he said. […]
Havana, Cuba.-US researcher James Graham gave a masterly lecture on Huanglongbird (HLB), a disease of citrus fruits caused by a vector-borne pathogen, at the 8th International Scientific Seminar on Plant Health. This disease affects the ripening process of both young and adult citrus plants, by causing death in a few years, the US specialist on […]
Havana, Cuba.-Seven Cuban projects are competing today in different categories of the World Summit on the Information Society Forum (WSIS) 2017, Cubadebate posted today. According to the report, Cuba is competing for the online healthcare information network, INFOMED; the Cuban Collaborative Encyclopedia, EcuRed; the Pachamama Game Jam 2016 contest, at UCI; and the platform for […]
Washington, United States.-An international team of divers from The Florida Aquarium and the National Aquarium of Cuba constructed an underwater staghorn coral nursey in Cuba waters,according local media today. The underwater coral nursery took months of planning and six days in the field. The nursery is located in the Guanahacabibes, Peninsula National Park, off the […]
Havana, Cuba.-An International Colloquium on Gerontology has begun today in this capital with the attendance of representatives from 15 countries and regions to discuss the rights of senior citizens in the world. Sponsored by the International Federation of Associations of the Elderly (FIAPA) and the Longevity, Health and Aging Research Center (CITED), the meeting will […]
