Clinical and community nutrition holds its 4th Congress

The Fourth National Congress of Clinical and Community Nutrition will take place on April 26 to 28 in Santiago de Cuba and will be focused on quality of life and medical assistance. Read More

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Cuba's achievements in comprehensive rehabilitation units

One million and a half Cubans were treated during 2006, in the 454 comprehensive rehabilitation units of the polyclinics and hospitals. Read More

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Cubas rural community centers a success story

The results of a program establishing rural community centers equipped with audio visual equipment has surpassed expectations since they were initiated five years ago by Cuban President Fidel Castro. Read More

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Over 850 Cuba eye surgery patients given spectacles

More than 850 persons who underwent eye surgery in Cuba have benefited from the spectacles laboratory established at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation Read More

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A Song of hope

March 29, marks the 17th anniversary of the Cuban Program of medical treatment for child victims of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident and its aftermath. It is a page of love, dedication and humanism. Read More

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Cuban health therapists flourish

Cuba currently has over 12,000 integral therapists in the health sector, chiefly trained in new health programs of the Revolution. Read More

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International Podiatry Congress opens in Cuba

National and Foreign podiatrists are gathering in Havana for the First International Podiatry Congress "PodoCuba 2007" underway March 26-28 in this capital city. Participants will exchange on a wide array of podiatry-related issues, including vascular, skin, neurological problems Read More

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Operation Miracle Comes to Jaguey Grande, Matanzas

Nearly 19,000 people with cataracts and other eye diseases have been operated on in hospitals in the province of Matanzas in recent moths, thanks to the Operation Miracle program.The majority of those benefiting come from other Latin American nations but also included 4,430 from the host province. Read More

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Cuba for zero TB by 2015

Cuba is trying to wipe out tuberculosis (TB) by year 2015, in line with worldwide efforts in this regard. According to Dr. Edilberto Gonzalez Ochoa, from the Pedro Kouri Tropical Medicine Institute Tuberculosis Research Group, the Island has the potential to achieve the goal even earlier, between 2010 and 2014. Read More

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Cuba, Vietnam ink biomedical accords

Cuban and Vietnamese companies signed eight accords in this capital Friday to import and sell bio-pharmaceutical product and vaccines in this country, as the Cuban Biotechnology Center against hepatitis B does. Read More

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