Nov
15
2018
Jair Bolsonaro, president elect of Brazil, who has made direct, contemptuous and threatening comments against the presence of our doctors, has declared and reiterated that he will modify the terms and conditions of the More Doctors program , disregarding the Pan-American Health Organization
Author: Ministerio Salud Pública | internet@granma.cu
November 14, 2018 11:11:05
The Ministry of Public Health of the Republic of Cuba, committed to the solidarity and humanist principles that have guided Cuba’s medical cooperation for 55 years, has been participating in Brazil’s “More Doctors” program since its inception in August of 2013. This initiative launched by Dilma Rousseff, who was at that time the president of the Federal Republic of Brazil, pursued the noble 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 program had planned the inclusion of Brazilian and foreign doctors who would work in poor and remote areas of the country.
Cuba’s participation in this program was arranged through the Pan-American Health Organization with one distinctive feature: it was intended to fill the vacancies left by doctors from Brazil and other foreign nations.
During these five years of work, some 20 000 Cuban collaborators have assisted 113,359,000 patients in more than 3,600 municipalities. They were able to provide health coverage to a vast 60 million Brazilians, when they accounted for 80% of all the doctors who were taking part in the program. More than 700 municipalities were able to have a doctor for the first time ever.
Auckland, November 15th, 2018. A bilingual selection of writings from 18 Spanish-speaking women living in New Zealand was officially launched in Auckland. "Viva la Vida" is a compilation of poetry and stories of the author´s experiences “down under”. The launch took place at Studio One Toi Tū, as part of the program Miradas de la Diversidad (Glances of Diversity 2018) organized by the Aotearoa Latin American Community Incorporated (ALACINC).
El presidente electo de Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro, con referencias directas, despectivas y amenazantes a la presencia de nuestros médicos, ha declarado y reiterado que modificará términos y condiciones del Programa Más Médicos, con irrespeto a la Organización Panamericana de la Salud
Wed, 11/14/2018 - 09:49
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.
On November 10, in Freedom Park, a place that remembers Cubans fallen in the struggle for the liberation of Africa, took place the First National Meeting of the Association of Former South African Students in Cuba. The Association has as members hundreds of graduates in different specialties in our country, most of them doctors.
Havana, 14 de noviembre de 2018.- 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.
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.
