Georgetown, June 5, 2019. The Vice President and Minister of Indigenous Peoples Affairs, Honorable Sydney Allicock, the Minister of Public Health, Honorable Volda Lawrence, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana, Honorable Dr. Karen Cummings and Dr. Shamdeo Persaud , Chief Medical Director of Guyana visited the Cuban showground exhibition site at the Health Expo 2019, where the main outcomes of Cuban medical collaboration in that Caribbean country and in the world are exhibited.
During the visit, the high Guyanese authorities shared with the Ambassador and with members of the medical Collaboration Brigade.
The Head of the Diplomatic Mission was invited by the Minister of Health to participate in the ceremony to cut the ceremonial ribbon that opened the Health Expo 2019 in the Exhibition Center of Sophia, with the theme “reaching for a better life with good health”
Cuba's collaboration with Guyana in Public Health began 44 years ago. At present, the Medical Brigade is made up of 166 collaborators and offers services in 8 of the 10 regions of the country.
