The importance of adding advanced practices and studies such as functional echocardiography to newborn care was highlighted at the 1st Cuba-Argentina International Symposium organized in this city.

The Association of Syrian Graduates in Cuban Universities reaffirmed today the historic friendship between the people of Syria and Cuba.

The development and use of homeopathic treatments in Cuba are an essential therapeutic care system due to their potentialities in people's health and quality of life.

The Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology (EIMB), of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), and the Immunoassay Center of the Group of Cuban biotechnological and pharmaceutical industries, Biocubafarma, signed on Sunday a cooperation agreement for scientific research.

In a post on X, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla thanked the Government of India for sending a shipment of medicines to the provinces in western Cuba affected by the Category 3 Hurricane Rafael on November 6, 2024 and described the relief aid as an example of the friendship between the two nations.

A Germany-based humanitarian project called “Caricias” (Caresses) led by Cuban national Jorge Garcia, resident in that European nation, made an important donation to help treat pediatric patients of cancer at a hospital in the city of Santa Clara, central Villa Clara province.

In an effort to strengthen medical attention to foreign patients, Cuba opened an office in the Isle of Youth to provide this service both at local level and at its natural tourist park in Cayo Largo del Sur.

The investment of 40 million pesos in the acquisition of medical and non-medical equipment during the recently ended 2024, contributed to improve the quality of Public Health services in the Cuban eastern province of Granma.

The Cuban government reported on X that there are currently 250 children's homes throughout the country, of which 69 were opened in 2024.

In a post on X, Political Bureau member and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz sent a congratulatory message to the members of the Family Doctor and Nurse Program on the occasion of the 41st anniversary of its creation at the initiative of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro, Leader of the Cuban Revolution.

Cuba keeps facing a complex shortage of medications despite the efforts made by the government and the local industry, said the national director for Medical Technology and Medications at the Cuban Health Ministry, María Cristina Lara Bastanzuri.

The fulfillment of the measures for the improvement of the Family Doctor and Nurse Program was analyzed today on the first day of the Health and Sports Work Commission of the National Assembly of People's Power, which is on its 40th anniversary of its creation by Fidel Castro Ruz, historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, as the basis of the primary health care system in the country.

As part of a campaign of solidarity with the victims of Hurricane Rafael in Cuba, a shipment of 1.3 tons of medical supplies were ready today to be sent to the island from Spain.

The purchase of five new hemodialysis machines, which work as artificial kidneys, will considerably help Nephrology services for patients treated for kidney failure at the Ernesto Guevara de la Serna General Hospital in eastern Las Tunas province.