Some 13,000 patients in need of cataract surgery are waiting for this procedure, due to the reduction in the activity levels of the services at the Ocular Microsurgery Center, due to resource limitations related mainly to the U.S. sanctions.

Georg W. J. Auburger, renowned neuroscientist from Germany, will be accredited tomorrow in this city as Corresponding Member of the Cuban Academy of Sciences (ACC), a status granted only to non-residents in the country who contribute to the development of science.

Nimotuzumab, a medicine developed by Cuba's Center for Molecular Immunology (CIM), was approved in China for the treatment of pancreatic cancer, after a phase III clinical study.

The design of a new three-step ramp to treat children with various disabilities stands as a major contribution of the science and technological innovation in the Octavio de la Concepcion y de la Pedraja Pediatric Hospital of the province of Holguin.

Cuban Health Minister Jose Angel Portal Miranda ratified in Türkiye his country’s willingness to share expertise and values characterizing the island’s health professionals.

The Washington Post published an article on Friday titled “Next pandemic, let Cuba vaccinate the world,” which acknowledges Cuba’s achievements in fighting COVID-19 with its homegrown vaccines, while questioning the US sanctions hindering the development of Cuban sciences.

The University of Medical Sciences of the province of Cienfuegos will hold the 1st International Conference on Simulation for Teaching in Healthcare together with the University of Almeria, Spain.

The “Cuba Si” German solidarity-with-Cuba group donated medical items to the Agostinho Neto hospital in this easternmost Cuban province.

Executives of the Cuban Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB by its Spanish acronym) and the National Institute of Infectious Diseases of Japan held a meeting in the Asian nation, where they agreed to advance in research collaboration.

Cuban Minister of Public Health José Angel Portal Miranda met with Cuba solidarity group members in Madrid, Spain, during his return trip from Geneva, Switzerland, where he attended the 76th World Health Assembly, held in Geneva, Switzerland.

The Republics of Cuba and San Marino signed on Friday a Memo of Understanding in the health sector.

The director of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) Jarbas Barbosa—also World Health Organization’s (WHO) regional director for the Americas—stressed the importance to use Cuba’s pharmaceutical capacities to the benefit of the Latin American and Caribbean region.

Havana, May 24 (ACN) Cuban Health Minister Jose Angel Portal Miranda met with his counterparts from Iran, Malawi and Qatar to expand bilateral relations in the area of healthcare.

José Ángel Portal and Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, Ministers of Health of Cuba and Malawi, respectively, met today in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss the beginning of medical cooperation between the two countries.