In difficult times in which social inequality prevail, actions aim at achieving universal healthcare are tasks to undertake with an reforming vision.

Dr. Jose Angel Portal Miranda, Cuban minister of public health, and Dr. Christopher Tufton, minister of health and welfare of Jamaica, signed today two letters of intent that will allow the adoption of two agreements for the benefit of the health of the Jamaican population.

Eduardo Martinez Diaz, president of the Cuban Biotechnological and Pharmaceutical Industries Group (BioCubaFarma), said today that the project portfolio of this entity prioritizes the substitution of imported generic drugs.

The 15th Health for All Trade Fair concluded on Thursday at the Havana Convention Center with the signing of 16 new contracts and commercial agreements worth more than 45 million dollars.

 Dr. Jose Angel Portal Miranda, Cuban minister of public health, and Dr. Tania Margarita Cruz Hernandez, first deputy minister, held several exchanges with health authorities from different nations about medical collaboration.

Rita Maria Fraga Bueno, communications specialist of the company Gases Industriales y OxiCuba S.A., told the Cuban News Agency that the new medical oxygen plant being built in the province of Granma(eastern Cuba) will provide services as of 2024.

A meeting held by Cuban Health Minister Jose Angel Portal with executives with the UN Children Fund (UNICEF) was the right scenario to express that agency the island’s gratefulness for its permanent support of the Cuban health system.

The training of human resources to cope with the effects of climate change on health will be the topic of the lecture that Nobel Peace prizewinner Dr. Ana Rosa Moreno Sánchez will deliver this morning at the 4th International Convention Cuba-Salud 2022.
Today’s program features subjects related to international cooperation, hygiene and epidemiology, mother and child health, and clinical trials, among others.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Cuba and the Ministries of Public Health and of Foreign Trade and Investment signed an agreement to increase health-related technical assistance and capacity building, including the procurement of contraceptives—IUDs in particular—as part of a regional strategy of the international agency to promote IUD use in the context of the country program agreed between UNFPA and Cuba until 2024.

Cuba’s willingness to strengthen international health cooperation was ratified on Wednesday during several meetings held by Health Minister Jose Angel Portal with his counterparts from different countries.

Cuban Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment Elba Rosa Perez participated at the meeting of scientific authorities with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), underway in Argentina.

Cuba and Egypt signed a memo of understanding to expand cooperation in the areas of scientific exchange, training of professionals and in the bio-pharmaceutical industry.

Sexual and reproductive health will be on the table today at the 4th International Convention Cuba-Salud 2022 currently under way in this city.

Cuban Minister of Public Health Dr. José Angel Portal Miranda and his Romanian counterpart Alexandru Rafila signed a cooperation agreement to strengthen bilateral relations in terms of pharmaceutical policies and health services.