The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Cuba has become an essential tool to strengthen socio-economic development, despite the restrictions of the blockade imposed by the United States, said Ruben Ramos, vice president of the Cuban Chamber of Commerce.
Cuba owns hundreds of farms for the cultivation of medicinal plants
Havana, Sep 24 (ACN) Cuba holds 600 hectares spread over 142 farms, in which 42 species of medicinal plants are cultivated, announced the MSc. Lisbet Avello, official of the Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG).
Cuba and Russia strengthen cooperation in the health sector
Authorities from Cuba and Russia signed bilateral health agreements in Moscow that include agreements in the scientific field, endocrinology, urology, diabetic foot and gynecology, during a day in which were presented in the Expocenter center of the Russian capital of the island's pharmaceutical and biotechnological products.
International Ethnomedicine Congress opens in Havana
The 28th International Congress of the Italian-Latin American Society of Ethnomedicine (SILAE 2019) will be opened today in Havana with representatives from some 30 countries, Rodolfo Arencibia, president of the National Technical Group of Medicinal Plants and of the organizing committee, stated.
Cuba reduces to 0.8 infant mortality due to genetic defects
The efforts of the National Center for Medical Genetics (CNGM), rector of the national program for the prevention of hereditary diseases, have reduced the mortality rate due to genetic defects to 0.8 per 1.000 live births over the past three years.
Prader-Willi syndrome, top issue at world medical meeting in Havana
Recent research results and best practices in caring for patients with Prder-Willi syndrome (PWS) will be discussed from November 13 to 17 in an international medical event to be held at Cojimar Convention Center, in Havana.
Cuba: U.S. government earmarks millions to hinder Cuban medical cooperation
The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement strongly rejecting a USAID program against Cuban medical cooperation. Cuban News Agency reproduces the full text of the statement:
Researchers from Cuba and Russia evaluate cooperation agreements
Researchers from the Center for Environmental Studies of Cienfuegos (CEAC) and the All-Russian Scientific-Research Institute of Aviation Materials (VIAM) evaluated the results of their collaboration in that southern Cuban city.
ETECSA works uninterruptedly to stabilize mobile data service
The Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba (ETECSA), announced through Twitter that it has received several complaints about the mobile data service in some cell phone´s numbers. According to the statement, the entity "works uninterruptedly to achieve at this time the stability of the service.
Cuban company contributes to the country's cybersecurity
The Segurmática Enterprise, and the antivirus it develops, offer coverage against one hundred percent of the threats that enter Cuba, in which the collaboration of the country's users has been fundamental.
ELAM graduates some 500 medical science professionals from 104 countries
Some 500 students from 104 countries who studied at the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) will be graduating this Tuesday as Doctors of Medicine at the Karl Marx Theatre in Havana.
First Cuban VP to meet with medical collaborators in Eswantini
Salvador Valdés Mesa, First Vice-President of the Councils of State and Ministers will meet this Tuesday with members of the Cuban medical brigade in Eswatini, on the concluding day of his visit to this southern country on the African continent.
Cuba participates in international forum on medical cooperation in China
Cuba participates in a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) international forum meeting in the Zhuang autonomous region of Guangxi, southern China, to discuss medical innovation and collaboration.
PAHO holds meeting with Cuban delegation to the 72nd World Health Assembly
On the third day of the 72nd World Health Assembly, Dr. Carissa Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), received the Minister of Public Health of Cuba, Dr. José Ángel Portal Miranda, and the delegation that accompanies him to this conclave that takes place in the Swiss city of Geneva until the next 28.
Cuba participates in International Conference on Tropical Medicine
Renowned Cuban scientists Professor Manuel Romero and Doctor Jorge Fraga, director and deputy director, respectively, of the Pedro Kouri Institute of Tropical Medicine, are participating in the IV International Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases taking place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 23-25.