With 165-kilometer-per hour sustained winds and higher gusts, Matthews became a category two hurricane overnight and continues to intensify as it moves on Caribbean waters.
Cuba will Continue to Participate in Brazil's "More Doctors" Program
A communiqué issued by the Cuban Ministry of Public Health points out that since 2013, at the request of the government of President Dilma Rousseff and with the participation of the Pan-American Health Organization, Cuba joined the "More Doctors" program.
First VP Diaz-Canel inaugurates Cuban Sports Research Center
Miguel Diaz-Canel, Cuba´s first vice president of the Councils of State and Ministers, presided over the inauguration of the Cuban Sports Research Center.
Memorandum in Favor of the Environment Signed in Havana
The office of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Cuba and the World Fund for Nature Conservation (WWF-Holland) signed on Tuesday in this capital a memorandum of understanding to support Cuba in that sphere.
Over 80,000 Lives Saved by Cuba's Henry Reeve Contingent
The Henry Reeve International Contingent of Physicians Specialized in Disaster Situations and Serious Epidemics has saved more than 80,000 lives in about twenty countries where more than 7.000 Cuban voluntary workers have offered their services.
Cuban Public Health Deputy Minister on a Working Visit of Angola
Cuban Public Health Deputy Minister Marcia Cobas began on Friday a three-day working visit to Angola, where she will assess the state of the implementation of the General Agreement on Cooperation between the two countries in different sectors, Prensa Latina reported.
Cuban biotechnology specialists meet in Havana
A national meeting of Cuban biotechnology specialists working in the extension to the population of treatments with Heberprot-P®, drug used with remarkable results in diabetic foot ulcers, will take place today and tomorrow in this city.
Saudi Arabia Stresses Cuba Medical Cooperation
The government of Saudi Arabia acknowledged on Wednesday the high professionalism of Cuban doctors and appreciated the work of 224 Cuban health specialists in that nation.
Cuba creates climate change resistant varieties of crops
Professionals from the National Research Institute of Tropical Viandas (INIVIT by its Spanish acronym) created varieties of cassava, sweet potato, yams and banana genetically engineered to withstand climatic variations.
More Cubans Bet on Alternative Medicine
Cuba´s primary health system has assisted a growing number of citizens this year, who have come to health centers for alternative and traditional medicine techniques and products.
Hundreds of New Doctors for Cuba and the World
The Havana-based Medical University graduated 908 new health professionals, 784 Cubans and 124 from other nationalities in six medical courses.
Cuba: Another Three Patients with Imported Zika Virus
The Cuban Ministry of Public Health has informed about three new cases of patients with imported Zika virus, for a total of 25 on the island so far, according to the daily Granma newspaper.
Over 50 Chinese Students Graduate from Cuba's Medical School
A total of 52 students from the People's Republic of China, 51 in medicine and one in nursing, received on Wednesday at the Main Lecture Hall of the University of Havana their certificates as graduates from the capital's University of Medical Sciences.
PAHO Supports Study in Mayabeque
The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) is promoting a research project on risk factors related to chronic non-transmissible diseases in Mayabeque.
NGO Gives Prize to Cuban Physicians who Fought against Ebola
The Canadian NGO Help Fight Ebola Canada (HFEC) acknowledged the important contribution of the Cuban government and physicians in the struggle against the global pandemic of Ebola with the handing over of the Friends of Africa Humanity Award, which was received in a special ceremony by the Consul General of Cuba to Toronto, Javier Domokos.