The news of the week is undoubtedly the decision of the Cuban government not to continue as a member of the Brazilian More Doctors Program, which was joined in 2013 under the government of Dilma Rousseff as part of a tripartite agreement with the Pan American Health (PAHO).
The Ministry of Public Health of the Republic of Cuba, committed to the principles of solidarity and humanism that for 55 years have guided Cuban medical cooperation, participates in the More Doctors in Brazil Project (MDBP) since its inception in August 2013.
In recognition of the excellent teaching-research results of the University of Medical Sciences of Guantanamo, the National Accreditation Board validated by the Ministry of Higher Education will evaluate the performance of that institution to grant the accreditation category, the Rector Nuria Pérez Delgado informed.
After 100 years of being founded, the Pediatric Hospital Pedro Agustín Pérez in Guantanamo shows a high survival rate of patients admitted to the intensive care, respiratory and gastroenterology wards, among other of the twenty specialties that this distinguished institution.
For some people, embargo is the common word that defines it, but Cubans and those around the world who are aware of its terrible impact, know that blockade is the right term to talk about the economic, financial and commercial restrictions imposed by the United States on this archipelago. The negative effects are felt in all fields but the impact on health, which is essential for human beings, is much more sensitive.
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