Cuba gets first Muslim medical students from Pakistan

The first group of 27 Pakistani students has arrived in Cuba and 368 more students will also follow them, said education official Dr S Mehmood Raza, an education official, during an orientation session organised by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Friday for students wants to study in Cuba. Read More

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Eye operations from Cuba coming soon

The scheme under which Barbadians will receive high tech eye operations in Cuba should start soon. News of this has come from Cuba's Ambassador to Barbados Pedro Garcia, during a courtesy call on General Secretary of the Barbados Labour Party, Dr. William Duguid. Read More

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Cuban National Anti-Doping Program Consolidated

The Anti-Doping Laboratory of Cuba, opened in 2001, consolidates the national program against drugs in sports, said scientific bulletin En Red. En Red said that during 2006, 2,000 tests were done in the installation, and Mario Granda, its director, assures no Cuban athlete was punished for using illegal substances, though there were cases to whom other tests were necessary. Read More

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Half million of Latin Americans recover vision in Cuba

Over half a million of Latin Americans recovered their vision thanks to an ophthalmologic program Operacion Milagros developed between Cuba and Venezuela since 2004. Among those receiving the benefits there are 306 thousand Venezuelans and 100 thousand Cubans, expressed the Island Deputy Foreign Minister Yiliam Jimenez to the full session of the 9 International Meeting on Globalization and Development Problems. Read More

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Cuban biotechnology working for healthcare

Products from this industry have been patented and sold in more than 45 countries.Cubas potential in carrying out projects to develop therapeutic vaccines against a variety of diseases are currently on display at the 2006 Havana International Biotechnology Congress which was underway at the close of this edition. Read More

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New cuban tool for children with Down Syndrome

Thanks to a software program created by the Community Computers Centers program in Cuba, children with Down syndrome are improving their language skills. Read More

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Cuban international health aid extolled

The Cuban Public Health Minister Jose Ramon Balaguer ratified the internationalist nature of the Island s health system on Thursday, which contributes to other Third World people s welfare. Introducing a special lecture at the 2007 International Pedagogue meeting, where participate more than 5,000 delegates from 50 countries, Balaguer insisted that his country will continue its efforts in the training of professionals from other nations. Read More

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Chavez says Cuba's Castro has visibly improved, gained weight

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that Cuba's Fidel Castro has visibly improved, describing how the ailing Cuban leader has gained weight and is walking around and studying."A notable improvement," Chavez said Thursday, describing Castro's condition when the two met recently in Havana. Read More

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Cuban Downs patients art exhibition in Spain

An art exhibition by young Cubans affected by Down's syndrome has opened in the city of Santander, Spain. The head of the project is painter and engraver Jesus Carrete from the western Cuban province of Pinar del Rio. Carrete, who has a son with Down's syndrome, undertook this initiative five years ago aimed at instilling art into children with this disease. Read More

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A medical delegation from Wisconsin, US visits Camagüey

A delegation from the US city of Madison, Wisconsin made up by members of a medical project in solidarity with Cuba, visits Camagüey and exchange points of view with professionals of diverse hospital institutions. Read More

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