Kingston, Jamaica, 20 December 2018. The Ministry of Health of Jamaica was the venue for the official signing ceremony of a protocol for the extension of Technical Cooperation agreements on Health between Cuba and Jamaica.
The document was signed by the Minister of Health of Jamaica, Dr. Christopher Tufton, and H.E. Mrs. Inés Fors Fernández, Ambassador of Cuba in this Caribbean nation.
Cayman Islands, 11 December 2018. During 10-11 December, the V Round of Migratory Conversations between Cuba and Cayman Islands was celebrated in Grand Cayman, presided over by Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, director for Consular Affairs and Cuban Residents Abroad at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba and Hon. Franz Manderson, Deputy Governor General of Cayman Islands.
Kingston, Jamaica, 27th November, 2018.- The newspaper Jamaica Observer, one of the most important in the country, published in its printed and online editions, a heartfelt letter of appreciation to the work carried out by the Cuban Operation Miracle Brigade during more than a decade.
I can see clearly now and reading without eye glasses, having recently done two surgeries through the fantastic Jamaica/Cuba Eye Care Programme. I lift my hat off to the Cuban medical team and to both Governments who have lifted my spirit and have brightened my life, so to speak. Maybe I can speak on behalf of all the patients who have benefited through the gifted hands of these Cuban ophthalmologists and rejoice in the day that this social welfare programme was conceptualised in the era of former Prime Minister Michael Manley and Cuban President Fidel Castro for Jamaicans and other Caricom nationals. What a joyous day when this was announced in 2010 by the Ministry of Health. Since then, the partnership between both Governments has continued and thousands of individuals have got registered for the programme being run at the National Chest Hospital.
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, 22 November, 2018.- Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health of Jamaica, Sancia Bennett Templer, highlighted the important work carried out by Cuban medical collaborators in this sister Caribbean nation.
During a meeting with the Cuban Ambassador, Inés Fors Fernández, held at the Ministry of Health in this capital, the senior official reiterated the appreciation of her government for the permanent cooperation of Cuba that contributes to the betterment of the health care servies in the country.