Brigada Médica
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More Cuban doctors in the Gambia, more mutual solidarity
Banjul, Oct 24th.- A new group of Cuban health professionals arrived in the Gambia this Sunday to reinforce the Medical Brigade of the Caribbean island (CMB) that for more than two decades heals and saves lives in this sister nation of West Africa . The doctors and graduates were received at the Banjul airport by Continue reading
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Health professionals in the Gambia demonstrate their humanitarian work with real deeds
By MSC. Maria Ines Alvarez Garay (*) «(…) In the doctor we need three things: human quality, intellectual quality and the indispensable political-moral quality (…)» Fidel Castro. In Farafenni, a town in the interior of the Gambia, we find Dr. Marcial Reborido Calvi, a First Degree specialist in Comprehensive General dentistry and Master in Community Continue reading
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Cuban Health heroes in the Gambia: Dr. Marubia, three missions saving lives in The Gambia
By. Msc. Maria Inés Alvarez Garay Dr. Marubia Rosales Sánchez is a Medicine graduate in 1990, a First and Second Degree specialist in Comprehensive General Medicine, and a Master in medical urgencies and emergencies. In 1999 she arrived in the Republic of the Gambia for the first time, then she returned in 2007 and now Continue reading
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Eternally grateful
By: Maria Ines Alvarez Garay The Cuban Medical Brigade in the Gambia is eternally grateful and very proud of the incredible work of our colleagues who provide health services and fight the pandemic in the Greater Antilles. Today the world is experiencing one of the most difficult health moments in the history of humanity, health Continue reading
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Heirs of Fidel in the Gambia
By: MSc. María Inés Álvarez Garay. On August 13th, 1926, in Birán, the former Cuban province of Oriente, a man worthy of enormous personality was born, the most emblematic, transcendent and outstanding of the entire 20th century and part of the 21st. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz. Revolutionary leader who positively transformed the lives of millions Continue reading
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New Cuban health professionals arrived in the Gambia
By Maria Inés Álvarez Garay (*) Banjul, June 20. – The resurgence of the blockade, the discrediting campaigns against the Cuban Medical Brigades (BMC), nor the continuous attacks by the United States against the largest of the Antilles do not matter. We Cubans continue with firm and gigantic steps by the course that our history Continue reading
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May frames four memorable dates for the Cuban Medical Brigade in the Gambia
By: MSc. Maria Ines Alvarez Garay (*) Jose Marti, National Hero of Cuba, apostle of independence, politician, philosopher, journalist and poet, promoted the democratic and popular revolution towards the independence of the Caribbean nation against Spanish rule in his country in the 19th century. Founder of the Revolutionary Party in Cuba, Martí fed his spirit Continue reading
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The sweetness of a look
By: MSc. Maria Ines Alvarez Garay (*) In the Gambia, one of the smallest countries in West Africa, we find Dr. Minerva Reina Perez, a pediatrician who works at the Farafenni hospital, one of the inland regions of this sister nation. She has dedicated several years of her life assisting Gambian children, they are countless Continue reading
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Homeland and Life in Africa
By: MSc. María Inés Álvarez Garay (*) «I am going to use a phrase, not definitive, because we must not renounce the idea of Homeland or Death, or the idea of Socialism or Death, and I am going to say as a young deputy said in the National Assembly: Homeland and Life !, Life for Continue reading
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Congratulations Gambia on the Independence Day
Banjul, Feb 18.- On February 18th, 1965, The Gambia achieved its independence from the United Kingdom and on April 24th, 1970, it became a Republic within the Commonwealth of Nations. The Cuban Medical Brigade in the Gambia congratulates the Gambian people and its government for the Independence Day this February 18th, joining them in their Continue reading
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Gambian Minister of Health reiterates gratitude to Cuba for its supportive cooperation
Banjul, Feb 2.- The Gambian Minister of Health, Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, reiterated today his gratitude to Cuba for the solidarity it provides to the people of this West African nation, in a meeting with the Caribbean island’s ambassador here, Rubén G. Abelenda. The holder stands out the humanitarian work carried out by the Cuban Continue reading
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Nothing like saving a life
By: MSc. Maria Ines Alvarez Garay (*) With much satisfaction today I tell you about the work of Dr. Liliana Rivera, a young but very talented Cuban doctor, specialist in Vascular Surgery, member of the Medical Brigade, who arrived in The Gambia full of desires to do and help this African nation, and she has Continue reading
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Cuban Medical Brigade (CMB) in the Gambia celebrates the birth of the National Hero, José Martí
Statement of the CMB in Gambia on the occasion of this January 28th There are men who are born to dignify and make the history of humanity grow, who are nourished with the sap of many offspring and the best patriotic traditions of their peoples, unconditional men, completely given over to the duty imposed on Continue reading
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Roots of Cuban solidarity
By MSc. María Inés Álvarez Garay (*) In this glorious January, full of victories, once again the authentic and worthy Cubans pay homage to a Martí who is reborn every 28 among the torches raised to the top by the hands of those who, 168 years after his birth, follow his immortal steps and his Continue reading
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Cuban Medical Brigade in Gambia: Balance of the work of a hard year but full of challenges completed
By: MSc. María Inés Álvarez Garay (*) Banjul, Jan 5th.- Long and difficult has been the road traveled, full of obstacles and unexpected surprises that stimulated the courage, bravery, principles of the Cuban people, and among them that of the courageous peaceful army in white coats that feel with pride Fidel’s homeland, with their daily Continue reading
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One of the greatest milestones in the history of Cuba
By: MSc. María Inés Álvarez Garay (*) On January 1st, 1959, Fidel entered Santiago de Cuba, after 6 years of the assault on the Moncada barracks, hundreds of battles in the mountains and in the plain were left behind in the glorious pages of history, unforgettable martyrs, but finally the popular victory was definitely reached. Continue reading
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Gambia agradece a Cuba colaboración solidaria en la formación de galenos en África
Banjul, 28 dic.- El ministro de Salud de Gambia, Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, y la titular de Asuntos de la Mujer, Infancia y Bienestar Social, Dra. Fatou Kinteh, agradecieron hoy la colaboración solidaria brindada por Cuba durante más de 20 años en la formación de galenos en esta nación del occidente africano. Similar lo hizo Continue reading
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Cuban Medical Teachers Celebrated Educator’s Day In The Gambia
The university professors of medicine of the Cuban Medical Brigade (BMC) in Gambia celebrated on Tuesday the Educator’s Day of their country with a beautiful activity in which they remembered great teachers of the largest of the Antilles, especially the Commander in Chief Fidel Castro and the National Hero, José Martí. The commemoration took place Continue reading
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Artisans of knowledge and ambassadors of humanism in The Gambia
By: MsC. María Inés Álvarez Garay (*) December 22nd, the day on which our eternal Commander Fidel, in the Revolution Square, together with more than 271,000 educators, declares to Cuba “Territory free of Illiteracy” (1961). He expressed: “We have won a great battle, and it must be called that: battle, because the victory against illiteracy Continue reading
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The Gambia congratulates the Cuban Medical Brigade, on the occasion of Medicine Day
Banjul Dec 3th, The Gambia congratulates and warmly greets the Members of the Cuban Medical Brigade (BMC) who work in this West African Nation, on the occasion of this December 3, Medicine Day in the largest of the Antilles and in Latin America, expresses an official note today from the Foreign Ministry. The text, sent Continue reading
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