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Apr

10

2020

Diaz-Canel: We can contribute more to saving human lives by acting with responsibility

"We can contribute more to saving human lives by acting with responsibility," insisted the President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, yesterday afternoon, April 8, during the daily meeting to evaluate the epidemiological situation in the country and implementation plans to control propagation of the new coronavirus in the country.

The Prime Minister announced the decision to indefinitely extend due dates for electricity, water and gas bills, in order to close public offices where payment for these services is normally made.

Apr

10

2020

HeberFERON, a unique Cuban medicine

The extension of therapeutic coverage to all municipalities across the country, with the opening of more sites, is the key strategy in the application program for HeberFERON; a one-of-a-kind medicine to treat skin cancer (basal cell carcinoma), developed and produced by Cuba’s Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB).

Dec

07

2019

U.S. crusade against Cuban international medical cooperation: Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

As MINREX warned in a statement released August 29, 2019, the United States government has, since last year, been waging an intense, offensive campaign against the medical collaboration Cuba provides, along with threats of sanctions against Cuban leaders and pressure on recipient states to end such cooperation. Directed in detail by the National Security Council at the White House, the campaign has the active participation of Senators and Representatives associated with the anti-Cuban mafia in Florida and rabid State Department officials.

Sep

25

2019

Remarks by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla on the occasion of the launching of the Medicc Magazine. New York, September 24, 2019.

Good evening ladies and gentleman.

I wish to thank the Editors of MEDICC for inviting us to the launch of this special issue and I want to congratulate them for an outstanding work.

With all the current scientific progress and the immense accumulated wealth, half of the world´s 7.3 billion inhabitants remain without basic health services. Of the 60 million deaths in 2016, 54 per cent were caused by the ten main curable diseases.

Sep

25

2019

Statement by Mr. Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage. 74 UNGA. New York, 23 September 2019.

Mr. President,

First and foremost, I would like to thank you and the Director-General of WHO for holding this meeting, the relevance of which is shown by the fact that almost half of the world's population does not have access to basic health care services.