Cuba is willing to increase health cooperation with Vietnam, particularly with a local hospital in the Quang Binh province, which was donated by Fidel Castro.

The Cuban medication Heberprot-P to fight diabetic foot ulcers was registered by Mexico´s Federal Commission for Protection against Sanitary Risks, the authority in charge of drug registration in the country.

Over 24 thousand children under three years of age in Camaguey will be benefited by the second stage of the National Anti-Polio Campaign while the Vaccination of the Americas Week is being held in Cuba for the first time.

As part of the III International Health Convention running from this Monday until Friday in the capital city, will take place for the first time the Forum on Foreign Investment in Health, on April 24 and 25 at the Pabexpo venue, with the participation of about 30 foreign companies.

Dr. Rafael Estrada Gonzalez, of the Neurology and Neurosurgery Institute said on Monday in Havana that the center continues to improve in comprehensive treatment and specialized attention of its neurological-degenerative illness and those that increase due to the aging population.

Researcher of the Molecular Immunology Center, Dr. Agustin Lage began on Wednesday in Holguin the 10th Edition of the Exposcience 2018 Provincial Event with a master conference on the challenges of Cuban science.

The President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, PhD in Physics Anton Zeilinger visited on Wednesday in Havana the headquarters of the Cybernetics, Math and Physics Institute (ICIMAF).

The Orthopedic and Traumatology Service at the Calixto Garcia University Hospital in Havana carried out over three thousand 500 surgeries last year of these, one thousand 500 scheduled surgeries, said an expert.

The Cuban Pediatric Society will hold its Congress, proud of its achievements like the reduction of the infant mortality rate in the country during 2017 with 4.0 per one thousand live births the lowest in history and under five for the 10th consecutive year.

Cuban Health Minister Roberto Morales congratulated on Monday in Havana, researchers, professors, professionals and workers of the sector on occasion of Day of Cuban Science.

Cuban ambassador to Guinea Bissau, Tomas Lorenzo Gomez thanked the Health Minister of the African nation Carlitos Barai, for its support to the work of the Cuban medical brigade in the past year, allowing the reopening of the School of Medicine in the region of Gabu and improve the living conditions of the staff.

A representative of the country's scientific community coincided on Thursday on the important role of science, technology and innovation for socio-economic development.

The Company of Pharmacies and Opticians, of the province of Camagüey, surpassed in an eight percent the 5.1 million bottles of Natural and Traditional Medicine (MNT) planned for 2017.

Cuba's Medical Services Company and the Nigerian State of Kaduna signed an agreement for exchanges in the health sector, which includes sending students to the Caribbean island to study medicine.