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• 04 / 08 / 2007

The Ambassador of Cuba to Angola, Pedro Ross Leal guaranteed that his country`s Government in is conditions to co-operate with Angolan health authorities in order to reduce deaths caused by Malaria, AIDS and Cholera.

ANGOP learnt from the diplomat this Sunday in Luanda that, apart from sending specialised physicians, the co-operation could be focused on the supply of vaccines or the construction of medicine factories.

"Referring to malaria and cholera, the use of vaccines was experimented for one year, with success, in Mozambique", he reminded.

Besides this, he stressed that the public health problem should be considered seriously, not only on contamination, but also in the use of preventive measures.

Authorities of this Latin American country foresee to send HIV antiretroviral drugs to Angola to assist HIV/AIDS positive people.

At the moment, 400 Cuban experts work in Angola, mainly in the sectors of health and education, in the framework of bilateral relations existing between both Governments.

These technicians are distributed in almost the whole country in provincial and municipal health units, and some teach at Agostinho Neto University and in other private ones.

"He consider the co-operation relations between the Angolan and Cuban Governments are excellent, and over 60 physicians who are specialised in public health are expected to arrive in Angola this month", stressed Ambassador Pedro Ross Leal.

The Cuban Ambassador to Angola recently presented his credential letters to the Angolan Head of State, Jose Eduardo dos Santos.

Source: Angola Press