Heberprot-P Is Available in Holguin, Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">HOLGUIN, Cuba, Feb 16 (acn) The Cuban-made Heberprot-P, the only medicament for the treatment of deep diabetic foot ulcers in the world, is now available in the eastern Cuban province of Holguin. Read More

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IES Abroad to Open Cuba Center in Havana for Study Abroad

<p style="text-align: justify;">Chicago, IL (PRWEB) February 16, 2011.IES Abroad will offer U.S. college and university students an exciting new location for international study in Havana, Cuba. The new study abroad location will provide the opportunity to study a unique culture, an evolving political environment and a developing economy. Read More

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Mayors of the First Cuban Villages to Meet in Baracoa

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.02.16 - 08:54:27 / radiorebelde.BARACOA, CUBA.- The mayors of the first Cuban villages will meet during the weekend to share experiences and cooperate with the festivities on the occasion of the fifth centenary of the first village, founded in Baracoa, in 1511.Member of the organizing commission Catalina Rodriguez told Prensa Latina news agency that the program includes visits to historic and cultural places, in particular to those that have keep the typical traditions of the region. Read More

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Workshop to Foster Cooperatives Begins in Western Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.02.16/ radiorebelde.HAVANA, CUBA.- Representatives in Cuba of the UN’s Development Program jointly with the island’s Ministry of Agriculture are leading a workshop for the training of local facilitators on cooperativism.The event, running from Feb 14-18, targets farming specialists, technicians and authorities from western and central provinces of the country, Maruchi Alonso, head of UNDP’s Palma Project, told ACN.A similar workshop for specialists form the eastern provinces was previously held. Read More

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Cuba develops new arthritis drug in face of U.S. embargo

<p style="text-align: justify;">February 16, 2011. Cuban scientists have developed a new arthritis drug to replace a similar imported drug blocked by the U.S. economic sanctions, a health official said on Tuesday.The new radiopharmaceutical medicine developed by the Isotopes Center of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment is named "P32 chromic phosphate." The therapy involves injecting the drug into the joints with chronic synovial inflammation to reduce the pain and improve the joints' function. Read More

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