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.

BioCubaFarma presented a report to one of the commissions of the Cuban Parliament on its management and the deficiencies that still exist in the production of medicines in charge of that business group.

China expressed its interest in strengthening cooperation with Cuba's biopharmaceutical industry, Prensa Latina (PL) reported today from Beijing.

Cuba and India signed a memorandum of understanding to promote bilateral ties in the health sector, which includes training and exchange of experiences and the acquisition of pharmaceutical products.

Experts from the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) will present today the results of Cuba in the fight against polio and 20 years of collaboration with the World Health Organization, during the 80th Anniversary of the Pedro Kouri Tropical Medicine Institute (IPK) Congress, underway in Havana.

The 9th Congress of Microbiology and Parasitology begins today its scientific sessions to debate around the branches of medicine studying infectious diseases.

The head of the Neurology Service of the Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital in Havana Dr. Nelson Gomez Viera said on Thursday in the Cuban capital that science is nourished with scientific evidence.

The 40 Cuban health professionals, who helped the victims of the last September´s earthquakes in Mexico, returned today to Cuba after a moving good-bye filled with endless expressions of gratitude by the authorities and the population of the City of Ixtepec, in the state of Oaxaca.

The 11th International Symposium Wetlands 2017 dedicated on Wednesday a space to promote the preservation of peatlands in the Caribbean, which are accumulated organic material that are valuable reserves of carbon in the swampy ecosystems.

The International Wetlands 2017 Symposium began on Tuesday with discussions on the need of an efficient water management in Cuba before the effects of climate change.

Cuba will present its experience in the program on the attention of diabetic people with emphasis in the education of the illness from the level of primary health attention during the 9th Endocrinology Congress and the 3rd on Reproductive Health for Diabetic Women to be held in Havana from November 8th to the 10th.

Biocubafarma Information Technologies Company and the Cuban Informatics Association (UIC), signed on Wednesday in Havana a cooperation agreement as part of the Cyber Society 2017 International Congress underway at the Melia Marina Varadero Hotel.

More than 3,400 people with visual disabilities in Cuba hold a job, it was reported at two national events on employment and accessibility, respectively, underway in the southern Cuban city of Cienfuegos.