Doctors from over 21 nations will attend the Cardiovilla 2019 International Congress, to be held from October 8 - 10 in this central city of Cuba.

More than twenty topics will be debated at the 14th Cuban Surgery Congress, to be held at the Tryp Habana Libre Hotel from October 9-11, where the latest advances in this medical specialty will be presented.

José Angel Portal, head of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP), received Kyaw Tint Swe, Union Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor and special envoy of the Government of Myanmar, along with the delegation that accompanies him.

The advances and use of robotics, artificial intelligence and augmented reality in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation will be presented from today through Friday at the 9th Congress of the Cuban Society of this specialty at the Havana Convention Center.

The international event Cardiovilla 2019, hosted by Cardiocenter Ernesto Guevara and the Villa Clara branch of the Cuban Society of Cardiology will be held from October 8-10 in this province, with the presence of some 300 delegates, including nationals and foreigners.

A delegation of twenty US specialists invited to the 28th Congress of the Cuban Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SCOT), scheduled for October 1-5, will not be allowed to participate in the event due to the blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba.

The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Cuba has become an essential tool to strengthen socio-economic development, despite the restrictions of the blockade imposed by the United States, said Ruben Ramos, vice president of the Cuban Chamber of Commerce.

Havana, Sep 24 (ACN) Cuba holds 600 hectares spread over 142 farms, in which 42 species of medicinal plants are cultivated, announced the MSc. Lisbet Avello, official of the Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG).

Authorities from Cuba and Russia signed bilateral health agreements in Moscow that include agreements in the scientific field, endocrinology, urology, diabetic foot and gynecology, during a day in which were presented in the Expocenter center of the Russian capital of the island's pharmaceutical and biotechnological products.

The 28th International Congress of the Italian-Latin American Society of Ethnomedicine (SILAE 2019) will be opened today in Havana with representatives from some 30 countries, Rodolfo Arencibia, president of the National Technical Group of Medicinal Plants and of the organizing committee, stated.

The efforts of the National Center for Medical Genetics (CNGM), rector of the national program for the prevention of hereditary diseases, have reduced the mortality rate due to genetic defects to 0.8 per 1.000 live births over the past three years.

Recent research results and best practices in caring for patients with Prder-Willi syndrome (PWS) will be discussed from November 13 to 17 in an international medical event to be held at Cojimar Convention Center, in Havana.

The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement strongly rejecting a USAID program against Cuban medical cooperation. Cuban News Agency reproduces the full text of the statement:

Researchers from the Center for Environmental Studies of Cienfuegos (CEAC) and the All-Russian Scientific-Research Institute of Aviation Materials (VIAM) evaluated the results of their collaboration in that southern Cuban city.