Kingston, Jamaica, 23 January 2020. Full of expectations and with a firm vocation to serve those in need of medical assistance, a total of 40 Cuban nurses arrived in this capital.
The professionals from the Greatest Island in the Antilles received a warm welcome from authorities of the Ministry of Health and Wellness of Jamaica, who acknowledged Cuba's significant contribution to health care provision in the country.
Nurses will practice their skills for three years in numerous institutions of the Jamaican public health sector. They aim to devote themselves in working with the community and for the community, by providing high quality, timely and efficient service.
The origin of this collaboration dates back to 1976, when at the request of the Government of Jamaica, Cuba sent a brigade of 14 doctors. This figure has considerably increased, and today there are 282 Cuban health collaborators, with a preponderant role of the nursing staff, serving at every corner of the island.