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Costa Rica assesses doctors’ petitions in light of protests

Published on: April 2, 2024
13:58

San Jose, Apr 2 (Prensa Latina) The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) is currently analyzing five work and salary petitions presented by specialist doctors who are in protest and decided to suspend their extra-work contributions.

Mexico extends Cuban medical action and appeals to retired people

Published on: March 14, 2023
14:42

Mexico City, Mar 14 (Prensa Latina) The director of the Mexican Social Security Institute and head of the IMSS-Bienestar Health Plan, Zoe Robledo, on Tuesday announced an extension of the hiring of Cuban doctors and a call for national retired people.

Solidarity after earthquakes brings Cuba and Türkiye closer

Published on: March 11, 2023
12:44

Havana, Mar 11 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's solidarity with Türkiye after the earthquakes that struck that Eurasian country has brought both peoples closer, members of the Henry Reeve Medical Brigade who collaborated in that country assured here on Saturday.

Cuban doctors are working in 12 states in Mexico

Published on: February 14, 2023
11:08

Mexico, Feb 14 (Prensa Latina) All 610 Cuban medical specialists currently in Mexico are working in 12 federal states nationwide, the general director of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), Zoe Robledo, said on Tuesday.

Cuban physicians apply science to improve health care in Guatemala

Published on: February 12, 2023
08:48

Guatemala, Feb 12 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Medical Brigade (BMC) in Guatemala are putting the main healthcare problems in the areas where they work, mostly rural, under the microscope of science.

Cuban doctors to provide medical assistance in Italy’s Calabria

Published on: August 17, 2022
17:08

Rome, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) The President of Calabria Roberto Occhiuto on Wednesday officially announced an agreement with Cuba for hiring physicians to provide medical assistance in the southern Italian region of Calabria.

Cuban medical brigade in Maldives celebrates Moncada’s anniversary

Published on: July 25, 2022
09:35

Male, Jul 25 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Medical Brigade in Maldives celebrated the 69th anniversary of the attacks on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Cespedes garrisons, the Day of National Rebelliousness in Cuba, and reaffirmed its commitment to fulfilling its internationalist work.

Afghanistan: Disease cases on the rise

Published on: July 17, 2022
11:15

Kabul, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) Seasonal infectious disease cases have increased in the last three weeks in Afghanistan, while physicians asked families to take more precautions to prevent infections such as cholera, diarrhea, flu, malaria and measles, according to Mohammad Naeem Akbari, physician at the Kabul Hospital for Infectious Diseases.

Díaz-Canel praises Cuban people´s solidarity to fight Covid-19

Published on: July 11, 2021
12:07

Havana, Jul 11 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Sunday praised Cuban people´s solidarity amid current situation the country is experiencing due to Covid-19.

FM underscores humanistic vocation of Cuba’s medical collaboration

Published on: May 23, 2021
12:12

Havana, May 23 (Prensa Latina) Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Sunday underscored the humanistic vocation of Cuban medical professionals, on the 58th anniversary of the country's international medical cooperation.

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