I am the most recently identified diabetic child in the territory and in these days I learned new practices to move forward, said Oscar Luis Rodriguez Carmona during the closing of the second cycle of the provincial Summer Camp for children with diabetes in Matanzas(western Cuba).

Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country, mourned today the death at the age of 88 of PhD in Sciences Alfredo Ceballos Mesa, whom he described as an exceptional revolutionary, orthopedist and scientist.

Cuba’s Health Ministry acknowledged the Havana-based National Medical Genetics Center on its 20th year of work towards community-focused genetic development.

European brigades of solidarity with Cuba are helping the health system in the eastern Cuban province with the delivery of medicines and other health supplies to hospitals and primary health care areas.

César Endris Acosta Martínez, a graduate of this province’s Vocational Pre-University Institute of Exact Sciences (IPVCE), won a bronze medal in the 55th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO 2023) held in Switzerland on July 16 to 25.

The Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Center (CIGB) based in this eastern Cuban province is marking its 34th birthday with satisfactory production results this year and its first exports of its “PORVAC” vaccine, to fight classical swine fever or Hog Cholera.

The Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO) will send to Cuba more than 2,000 tons of medicines collected in the United States and expected to be brought to the island on July 18 by the members of the 33rd Pastors for Peace Caravan.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel exchanged views with Cuban experts and scientists about health issues including the results of the National Center for Minimal Access Surgery.

Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero acknowledged the international work of local health professionals, who assist other nations of the world, during the closing session of the 21st Meeting of Heads of Medical Brigades Abroad.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro thanked his Cuban counterpart Miguel Díaz-Canel for the island's unconditional support and fraternal affection.

The Cuban vaccine Abdala received the approval of the Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks (Cofepris), the Mexican regulatory authority, to be used in pediatric patients from 5 years of age onwards, Granma newspaper reported today.

The third booster vaccination against Covid-19 in Villa Clara is advancing with the application of a dose of the Cuban drug Abdala to several risk groups such as older adults, children and pregnant women.

Cuba’s Finlay Vaccine Institute (IFV) and the Department of Biotechnological Development of the University of the Republic of Uruguay signed a Memorandum of Understanding for joint research and development of vaccines.

The former convent of San Agustin, belonging to the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana (OHCH), will be the headquarters of the Coordinating Center for Disability (CCD), inaugurated with the aim of promoting the social inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities.