Cuban Prime Minister attended Monday the annual report meeting of the Health Ministry which considered the sector’s performance in 2022, a year which brough important challenges, along with projections for this year.
Celebration and recognition on World Red Cross Day
Julien Morejón Almeida, who joined the Red Cross in the province of Artemisa some 20 years ago after graduating as a lifeguard and is now head of relief operations, is proud to celebrate the organization’s World Day today.
Cuba remains free of reports of new variant of coronavirus
So far Cuba has no reports of the new variant of the Omicron xbb.1.16 coronavirus (also called Arcturus), which is already circulating in more than 30 countries, with most cases in India, said Francisco Duran Garcia, national director of epidemiology of the Cuban public health ministry.
Dialogue on the effects of U.S. blockade on health care
José Angel Portal Miranda, Cuba's Minister of Public Health, and Alena Douhan, UN Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, met Wednesday to discuss the impact of the U.S. blockade on Cuba’s health care system.
Cuba starts recovery week in anti-polio campaign
The recovery week of the second stage of the 62nd National Oral Polio Vaccination Campaign begins today throughout Cuba, and will last until May 6.
Cuba resumes some production lines of medicines
With the arrival in Cuba of some quantities of financed supplies, and other efforts, drugs in high demand by the population are now in production, confirmed Rita Maria Garcia, director of Operations and Technology of the Biocubafarma Business Group.
HeberFERON shows results in diffuse brain tumors
The Cuban product HeberFERON, developed by the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB by its Spanish acronym), has shown encouraging results in the treatment of patients with diffuse, poor prognosis or progressive brain tumors, said a specialized source in Havana.
Cuba and Bosnia Herzegovina Deepen Bilateral Health Links
Zeljka Cvijanovic, President of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Cuban Health Minister Jose Angel Portal exchanged views on Tuesday about bilateral cooperation.
Türkiye President Decorates Cuban Medical Brigade
Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan granted the Presidential Medal and Distinguished Humanitarian Service Order to Cuba’s Henry Reeve Medical Brigade, whose doctors assisted the Turkish people affected by last month’s earthquakes.
HeberNasvac: Cuban scientists' achievement against hepatitis B
Eight years after the approval of the Cuban vaccine HeberNasvac, to treat chronic patients infected with hepatitis B virus, the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB by its Spanish acronym) continues its research with the immunogen in Japan and Bangladesh, where it has obtained encouraging results.
Cuba hosts 9th Intercontinental Psychology Convention
In Cuba, psychology is made for the people, hence it has always had the vocation to be in the front row, saying, doing, writing, said Jorge Enrique Torralbas Osle, president of the Cuban Society of Psychology (SCP by its Spanish acronym), in Havana.
Cuba marks Immunization Week in the Americas
The Vaccination Week in the Americas, which takes place April 22-29, aims to generate high levels of demand and acceptance of vaccines to protect the population, and in Cuba coincides with the second stage of the 62nd National Oral Polio Vaccination Campaign, to support the goal of eradicating that disease in the world.
Cuba starts today second stage of polio vaccination campaign
The second stage of the 62nd National Oral Polio Vaccination Campaign will begin today throughout Cuba, for children who have received a dose in the first phase, developed between February 27 and March 4.
Cuba hosts 9th Intercontinental Convention on Psychology
Students and practitioners of Psychology and related sciences from more than 50 countries will attend the 9th Intercontinental Convention on Psychology HOMINIS 2023 to be held in this city on April 24 to 28.
New group of Cuban doctors to continue cooperation in Gambia
A new group of Cuban health professionals will join the island's medical brigade present in Gambia for almost three decades, Cuban foreign ministry reported today.