Utrecht, April 11, 2024. Representatives of the Cuban Embassy in the Netherlands visited the Utrecht University Medical Center and offered a presentation to students and professors about Cuba and its public health system.
They explained the structure, composition and the main programs developed by the Cuban Health System, emphasizing in the Family Doctor Program, which guarantees access to health services for the entire population and implements the prevention approach that characterizes the Cuban medical system.
The genocidal blockade imposed by the United States government against the Cuban people, for more than 60 years, was highlighted as one of the main challenges for the sector that causes difficulties in accessing technologies, equipment, as well as raw materials for production of medicines in the national territory.
Cuba's experience in confronting the COIVD-19 pandemic was highlighted, exposing the medicines and equipment produced in the country for this purpose, including 5 vaccine candidates (3 of them officially approved as vaccines by the National Regulatory Authority) and the Cuban lung ventilator. They also mentioned Cuba's advances in the biotechnology sector and the extensive vaccination scheme, which has allowed several diseases to be eradicated from the Caribbean island.
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