Health and Medicine

Cuban medical videos

Half a dozen Cuban experts participate with their films in the Videomed 2006 Festival, held every two years in the capital of Extremadura, Spain. This is the most important event of its kind in the peninsula and one of the most prestigious in the world with more than 20 years of existente. Read More

Cuba, Miracle Operation for a million patients

Health and Medicine

A total of 485,476 people from 28 countries have been benefited by the Miracle Operation, preserving or reestablishing sight to patients of low economic resources through the free surgeries. A report of the Health Ministry to the recently-held Parliamentary Hearing analyzing the course of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, allowed knowing that 290,934 of them are Venezuelans. Read More

Cubas medical aid after Hurricane Mitch recalled in Guatemala

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Shortly after Hurricane Mitch devastated Central America in October 1998, Cuban doctors arrived in the remote northern Guatemalan town of Santa Catarina La Tinta, located in the Polochic River basin. Read More

Cuba Biotechnology announces progress in Dengue Fever Vaccine

Cuba looks forwards to creating an effective vaccine for the four strains of the potentially lethal virus of Dengue, said the director of Biomedical Research at the Havana-based Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Dr. Gerardo Guillen, during the final session of the Biotechnology Convention on Thursday. Read More

Monoclonal antibody shows promising results

Results from recent clinical trials made with the humanized monoclonal antibody HR3, obtained by specialists from the Center for Molecular Immunology (CIM), show promise in the possibility of using this antibody in the treatment of head and neck tumors. Read More