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Northern Ireland politicians to visit Cuba to study the island’s health system

The group will travel to the Caribbean in December on a fact-finding mission to observe Cuba’s healthcare system — at a cost of £6,000. Read More

Oscar Espinosa Chepe was attended at a Havana hospital for a liver disease

A leading Cuban dissident who was once a state-economist has been hospitalized for 10 days with serious liver problems, but his wife said Monday he was responding positively to treatment. Read More

Cuba says 10 days since last confirmed case of cholera, disease has run its course

Cuba says a cholera outbreak on the island has run its course with more than 10 days since the last confirmed case of the infectious disease. Read More

Dengue Fears in Cuba After Spike in Mosquito Numbers

High mosquito concentrations in Cuba has residents worried as rumors of dengue and yellow fever outbreaks spread. Read More

Cuba Calls for People's Support to Eradicate Dengue

The Cuban Public Health Ministry (MINSAP) called on Wednesday for the people's support to eradicate the proliferation of the Aedes aegypti mosquito during the summer months Read More

Cuba with over 5 Thousand Kidney Transplants since the 1970s

Some 5 100 kidney transplants have been carried out in Cuba since the 1970s up to date, with survival levels compared to those reached in developed nations Read More

Dayron Robles Observes Medical Treatment in London

Dayron Robles is undergoing medical treatment in London for the injury that forced him to abandon the final of the 110-meter hurdles. Read More

Traditional Carnivals Suspended Due to Cholera in Cuba

Traditional summer carnivals in the eastern Cuban cities of Bayamo and Manzanillo have been suspended due to an outbreak of cholera in the region Read More

Cuba’s top epidemiologist tells CNN in Manzanillo that cholera has not spread

Cuba’s top epidemiologist tells CNN in Manzanillo that the epidemic has not spread Read More

Norway continues funding Cuban health services in Haiti

Continuing a trend of wealthier donor nations funding Cuban healthcare expertise for developing countries, Norway signed an agreement July 12 with the Cuban government under which the Scandinavian country provides $800,000 for healthcare services in Haiti. Read More

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