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Category Archives: Healthcare
Cuban Patients Are Dying Because of U.S. Blockade, Doctors Say
Cuban Patients Are Dying Because of U.S. Blockade, Doctors Say Cuban health care was once the pride of the island. Now the U.S. oil blockade is upending even basic medical care. By Ed Augustin and Jack Nicas — The New York Times Photographs … Continue reading
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This Drug Could “Change the World”
March 6, 2026 — Belly of the Beast More than seven million people in the U.S. are estimated to suffer from Alzheimer’s, a disease that systematically destroys a person’s memory, personality and ability to function. While there is no cure, … Continue reading
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Mexico is working on diabetic foot care with a Cuban product
Mexico City, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) Mexican health authorities plan to open 80 clinics this year to administer the Cuban drug Heberprot-P, the only one in the world capable of stimulating accelerated granulation and re-epithelialization in diabetic foot ulcers. “The … Continue reading
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Solidarity activists send million-dollar aid to Cuba
December 19, 2025 — Belly of the Beast Cuba solidarity organizations have sent a million dollars’ worth of medical aid and hurricane relief to Cuba from California. The initiative includes the L.A. Hands Off Cuba Committee, the Pan American Medical Association, Global Health … Continue reading
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Health Under Sanction
Harsh US sanctions push Cuba’s healthcare system to breaking point | People & Power Documentary November 5, 2025 — Belly of the Beast In our latest documentary, we speak with Cuban patients and healthcare workers who are struggling to get … Continue reading
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Essential Medical Supplies to Arrive in Cuba to Support Immediate Response in Areas Affected by Hurricane Melissa
Supplies will benefit 90,000 people, with a focus on children, adolescents, and pregnant women UNICEF Havana, 31 October 2025. – As part of the immediate response following Hurricane Melissa’s passage through eastern Cuba, a shipment of essential medical supplies procured by … Continue reading
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Tribute in Cuba to the 20th anniversary of the Henry Reeve medical contingent
Havana, Sep 19 (Prensa Latina) The first deputy minister of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Tania Cruz, today praised the courageous and humanistic work of the Henry Reeve internationalist contingent of doctors specializing in disasters and major epidemics, on … Continue reading
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Cuba and East Timor sign Medical Cooperation Agreement
Havana, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Ambassador Alina Aldama and the Deputy Minister for Institutional Strengthening of Timor Leste, José dos Reis Magno, signed today the Cooperation Agreement between the two countries. Also present at the signing of the agreement … Continue reading
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Pacemakers Campaign Saves Lives in Cuba
September 3, 2025 — Belly of the Beast Global Health Partners and mediCuba Europa have raised over $500,000 to donate nearly 600 pacemakers to Cuba. Amid an unprecedented economic crisis fueled by U.S. sanctions, Cuba’s universal and free healthcare system is struggling to … Continue reading
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U.S. Penalizes Grenada Minister Over Cuban Doctors
August 27, 2025 — Belly of the Beast Grenada’s Finance Minister Dennis Cornwall has become the latest government official to have his U.S. visa revoked over Cuba’s medical cooperation, according to The New Today. Last February, Secretary of State Marco Rubio … Continue reading
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