The Ministry of Public Health of the Republic of Cuba, committed to the solidarity and humanistic principles that have guided Cuba’s medical cooperation for 55 years, has been participating in the Program More Doctors for Brazil since its inception in August 2013. This initiative launched by Dilma Rousseff, who was at that moment the president of the Federal Republic of Brazil, pursued the double purpose of guaranteeing medical assistance to the majority of the Brazilian people, following the principle of universal health coverage promoted by the World Health Organization.
The Ambassador of Cuba in Azerbaijan, Alfredo Nieves Portuondo, exchanged with the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan, Mukhtar Babayev, during the celebration of the IX International Exhibition of Azerbaijan on the Environment that took place in this Caucasian nation.
In the conversation the Cuban diplomat thanked the invitation to the important forum, appreciated the innovations and novelties and proposed an exchange and cooperation with Cuba in this sphere.