Category Archives: Healthcare

Cuba ratifies solidarity principles with ALBA-TCP in Covid-19 times

Posted on January 20, 2021 by Anthony Brenner

Havana, Jan 19 (Prensa Latina) The current fight against the Covid-19 pandemic demands more than ever solidarity to share experiences and good practices, assured on Tuesday Miriam Alpizar, Cuba’s deputy minister of Education. During a meeting convened by the Social … Continue reading →

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Jamaica appreciates Cuba’s medical cooperation in Covid-19 times

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Anthony Brenner

Kingston, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) Jamaica appreciated Cuba’s medical cooperation in Covid-19 times, whose help extends to 38 countries. Jamaican Minister of Health Christopher Tufton held a virtual meeting with Cuban Ambassador in Kingston Ines Fors Fernandez, at which they … Continue reading →

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Venezuela intensifies actions against Covid-19 with Cuba’s support

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Anthony Brenner

Caracas, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) With the support of the Cuban Medical Mission, 44 rehabilitation rooms are operating today in the Venezuelan capital to attend to people who overcame Covid-19 and whose sequels are stll felt, Caracas Mayor Erika Farias … Continue reading →

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Panamanian professor nominates Cuban doctors for Nobel Peace Prize

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Anthony Brenner

Panama City, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) The solidarity, sacrifice and humanism of the Cuban doctors making up the Henry Reeve Contingent stand out among the reasons why Panamanian professor Raul Gonzalez nominated those health professionals to the Nobel Peace Prize. … Continue reading →

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President Diaz-Canel says Cuban doctors dismantle US campaigns

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Anthony Brenner

Havana, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Diaz-Canel stressed on Saturday that the work of Cuban internationalist doctors dismantles the smear campaigns promoted by the United States. During a virtual meeting with members of the Henry Reeve Contingent who returned … Continue reading →

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Another British MP nominates Cuban doctors for Nobel Peace Prize

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Anthony Brenner

London, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) The campaign to grant the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to Cuban internationalist doctors was joined on Saturday by British lawmaker Sam Tarry, the twentieth member of the United Kingdom’s Parliament who formalizes the nomination. As … Continue reading →

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Abdala vaccine clinical trial is going well in Cuba

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Anthony Brenner

Santiago de Cuba, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) The clinical trial of the vaccine candidate Abdala, one of the four underway in Cuba, is going well today at the Saturnino Lora Hospital in this eastern city, where it has been taking … Continue reading →

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Barbados, Cuba to discuss two-way collaboration issues

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Anthony Brenner

Bridgetown, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) Barbados’ Foreign Minister Jerome Walcott and the Cuban ambassador Sergio Jorge Pastrana on Saturday discussed issues of bilateral collaboration and assessed the state of relations between both nations. Walcott and Pastrana debated on sports cooperation … Continue reading →

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Guatemala’s Committee requests Nobel for Cuban medical brigades

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Anthony Brenner

Guatemala, Jan 8 (Prensa Latina) The Guatemalan Pro-Nobel Peace Prize Committee for the Henry Reeve Medical Contingent joined on Friday the voices that support Cuba’s historic solidarity work. On a press briefing in this capital, various social organizations, indigenous peoples … Continue reading →

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Cuba and Iran sign an agreement on Sovereign vaccine 02

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Anthony Brenner

Havana, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Finlay Vaccines Institute and the Pasteur Institute of Iran signed a collaboration agreement here to complement the clinical evidence of the anti-Covid-19 vaccine candidate from the Caribbean island, Soberana02. In its official Twitter account, … Continue reading →

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