Cuban Health Minister Jose Angel Portal and his Italian counterpart Orazio Schillaci penned a Memo of Understanding on Tuesday on bilateral cooperation in healthcare and medical sciences to further strengthen links between the two ministries.

Jose Angel Portal Miranda, Minister of Public Health, reiterated today Cuba's willingness to strengthen and diversify cooperation links in health matters with St. Kitts and Nevis.

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Cuba's international medical collaboration, Cuban authorities and organizations highlighted today the importance of this solidarity work, which has reached 165 nations around the world.

Cuba's Minister of Public Health, Dr. José Angel Portal Miranda, is participating in the 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, in the context of the 75th anniversary of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Cuba has managed to incorporate the One Health approach into its health strategy with the support of its state plans, programs, infrastructure and human resources, according to FAO representative in the Island.

U.S.-based Peruvian doctor Luis Enrique Malpica earned a big hand for his paper on indolent lymphomas, presented in this city to the 9th Cuban Congress Hematology 2023, attended by specialists from 16 nations.

The constant exchange of knowledge in this Cuban Congress Hematologia 2023, attended by doctors from 16 countries, will provide us all with new work ideas, said Spanish doctor Mariana Bastos in an exclusive interview with the Cuban News Agency.

An international colloquium on the application of standardization during the COVID-19 pandemic and afterwards, brings together today in Havana, in person and virtually, professionals from Brazil, Cuba and Chile.

With the presence of specialists from 16 countries, including Cuba, the 9th Cuban Congress of Hematology, Hematology 2023, opened today at the Convention Center in Havana until May 19.

The Cuban Environment Agency (AMA by its Spanish acronym) announced in Havana the promotion of a new project called Thalassia testudinum, one of the species that are part of the Cuban seagrasses.

With the aim of supporting the services of the Maternal and Child Care Program, Pinar del Rio received today a donation made up of basic kits, medicines and medical supplies that can be spent.

 AICA Laboratories, which belongs to the BioCubaFarma business group and is responsible for the supply of 190 medicines of the national basic drug list, resumed in recent months a group of high-demand products, such as dental analgesics, Thiopental and serums, widely used in public health institutions.

The support of Cuban doctors to the health system of the region of Calabria, in Italy, was highlighted during a conference at the University La Sapienza, in that European country.

A medical team of a pediatric hospital in the province of Holguín saved the life of a 17-month-old baby who swallowed the spring of a clothespin and was having symptoms of respiratory distress and inflammation on arrival, which made surgery impossible at first.