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On Health minister’s visit to Cuba!
EDITORIAL In this day and age, strengthening bilateral ties is not only important, but key in achieving meaningful results. While countries look out for strategic development partners far and wide, Cuba has stood beside The Gambia for many years. The ties which date back to years is one that symbolises friendship based on mutual trust Continue reading
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Gambian Minister of Health makes fruitful visit to Cuba
Banjul, August 17. – Gambian Minister of Health, Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, made a working visit to Cuba with the purpose of expanding the historic collaboration in this area between the two sister countries, which was described as very fruitful. During his stay in Havana this week, Samateh and the delegation that accompanied him, made Continue reading
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Scientists highlight the impact of Cuba’s famous PPG drug
Havana, June 20 (Prensa Latina) Cuban scientists are working to increase the production of policosanol, a drug known as PPG, which exhibits notable results in patients with hypertension. This was revealed in a recent meeting with the Cuban president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, where the results of a study on the impact of PPG to lower hypertension Continue reading
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Gambia and Cuba renew collaboration agreement in Health
Banjul, April 15.- The government of Cuba and Gambia renewed today in this capital the Cooperation Agreement in the field of health that both brother countries have maintained for almost three decades. The agreement, signed by the Gambian Minister of Health, Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, and the Cuban ambassador, Rubén G. Abelenda, guarantees that doctors and healthcare personnel from Continue reading
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Cuban Medical Brigade in Gambia ratifies determination to continue healing and saving lives
Banjul, Dec. 3.- With great joy and the decision to continue curing and saving lives anywhere in the world, Cuban health professionals who provide assistance in Gambia celebrated Latin American Medicine Day, on the eve of this December 3. The members of the Medical Brigade (BMC) organized a beautiful activity in Banjul on Saturday, in Continue reading
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Cuba offers the world its experience in response to pandemics
New York, Sep 21 (Prensa Latina) Cuba makes its technological and scientific capabilities and its human resources, available to everyone to help in the prevention, preparation and response to present and future pandemics, President Miguel Díaz stated at the UN. -Canel. During his second intervention on Wednesday at the High Level segment of the UNGA78, Continue reading
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Applauding Cuba-Gambia’s medical relations
Sep 13, 2023, 11:25 AM | Article By: EDITORIAL The Gambia and Cuba bilateral ties have been in existence for decades based on mutual relations, which avail us the opportunity to benefit from the services of several Cuban doctors and other health professional who serve in the country’s health sector. This week, the Cuban ambassador announced that Continue reading
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China approves the use and commercialization of a Cuban medicine for the treatment of pancreatic cancer
Havana, June 14.- The National Medicines Administration of China approved the commercialization and use of nimotuzumab, a Cuban humanized monoclonal antibody for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. The approval is the result of research by the Biotech Pharmaceutical Limited (BPL) joint venture to expand the drug’s application in China beyond nasopharyngeal cancer therapy. The Chinese Continue reading
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Opinion / Next pandemic, let Cuba vaccinate the world
By Achal Prabhala* and Vitor Ido How can humanity prevent the next pandemic from being as disastrous as this one, in which as many as 15 million people have died? This past week, countries ofthe World Health Organization met in Geneva to begin debating a pandemic preparedness accord. A primary aim is to quickly develop new cures and vaccines, and the capacity Continue reading
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There is no doubt, April is a month of victories
By María Inés ÁlvarezGaray (*) Cuban health professionals continue to wage battles against death in The Gambia, this grateful land of West Africa. Cuba lives in its history, and on these dates like April 19th, it recalls the first great defeat of Yankee imperialism on Cuban soil and in Latin America, when the people came Continue reading
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IV International Health Convention begins in Cuba with representation from 63 nations
Havana, Oct 17 (Prensa Latina) The IV International Health Convention began this Monday in Cuba with the presence of some two thousand participants from 63 nations, who will exchange experiences in the field of science, technology and establish commercial links. This conclave includes the XV Health for All Trade Fair and the I International Fair Continue reading
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There is no greater pride than serving the motherland!
By Maria Ines Alvarez Garay (*) That July 26, 1953, with the assaults on the Moncada garrison in Santiago de Cuba, and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes in Bayamo, on the morning of Santa Ana, the right way to victory in Cuba began. That day not only gave its name to the July 26 Revolutionary Movement, Continue reading
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Cuba with first place in the world for anti Covid-19 booster doses
– State of Bayelsa, Nigeria, interested in vaccines from Cuba Havana, Jul 5 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is today the nation with the most anti-Covid-19 booster doses administered to its population worldwide, thanks to a staggered vaccination campaign with nationally produced immunogens. China, Italy, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Brazil, United States, India, Russia Continue reading
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Anti-Covid-19 vaccination in Cuba: feat of humanism and solidarity
Havana, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) While Cuba has more than 90 percent of its population vaccinated against Covid-19, almost a billion people in low-income countries remain deprived of protection against SARS-CoV-2. According to recent statements by the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom, only 57 nations in the world managed to Continue reading
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Democratic lawmakers ask Biden to facilitate global distribution of Cuban anticovid vaccines
Washington. – (Agencies) A group of 26 Democrats in the House of Representatives has urged President Joe Biden to ease US sanctions against Cuba to help the international distribution of the Caribbean island’s anticovid vaccines. In a letter headed by Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), lawmakers praised Biden’s loosening of some travel Continue reading
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Cuba and China present the first patent for a joint vaccine against coronavirus strains
Havana (Agencies) Cuba and China presented to the National Intellectual Property Office of the Asian country the first patent for the Pan-Corona vaccine that is expected to be effective against different strains of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. According to information from the president of the BioCubaFarma group, Eduardo Martínez, said step is the result of bilateral Continue reading
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Caravan in the Gambia for Health, Life and against the US blockade of Cuba
Banjul, May 7th. – A Caravan for Health, Life and in rejection of the US blockade of Cuba was carried out this Saturday in the Gambia by friends of this West African nation, and members of the Medical Brigade (CMB) of the Caribbean island. The solidarity action included a journey of about 40 kilometers, from Continue reading
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President Díaz-Canel describes the anti-COVID-19 pediatric vaccination campaign in Cuba as a total success
Havana, Apr 13 (Agencies) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez described the anti-COVID-19 vaccination campaign in pediatric ages developed on the Caribbean island as a complete success. In his official Twitter account, Díaz-Canel assured that nearly 70,000 cases were avoided, and since 2021 no child has died from COVID-19 in Cuba. Our scientists assure us that Continue reading
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British scientists confirm that the Abdala vaccine is safe and powerful
Havana, April 11 (RHC) The British group The Lancet Discovery Science published in its journal Clinical Medicine a scientific article on the Cuban Abdala vaccine, which shows that it is safe, well tolerated and induces a powerful immune response against SARS. -CoV-2. The results obtained by these researchers – who publish early evidence on new Continue reading
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Unstoppable impact of Cuban vaccines against Covid-19, affirms President Díaz-Canel
Havana, Apr 6 (Press) President Miguel Díaz-Canel described the impact of Cuban vaccines against Covid-19 as unstoppable and welcomed the fact that one of them, Abdala, has a file ready to be endorsed internationally. The president thus reacted to the announcement that the scientific documentation regarding Abdala’s results, with which millions of Cubans have been Continue reading
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