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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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Habibou Jallow, a young Gambian-Cuban defender of Fidel’s Homeland
Cuban Ambassador announces the arrival to the Gambia of new health professionals from his country Banjul, Oct 19.- «I am a Gambian-Cuban defender of Fidel’s Homeland,» said Habibou Jallow, a young man from this West African nation who graduated as doctor in Medicine in 2021 on the Caribbean island. Jallow concluded his studies at the 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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President Díaz-Canel highlights epidemiological control in Cuba, and gradual opening of the island to tourism
Havana, Oct 13 (Agencies) The President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, highlighted the progress in vaccination against Covid-19 on the Island, the decrease in positive cases and the country’s preparations for the reopening of borders. Through his Twitter account, the president mentioned the tendency to decrease those infected and deaths due to the epidemiological control of Continue reading
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Brave doctors who take lives from death in the Gambia
(*) By. MSC. Maria Ines Alvarez Garay Dr. Carlos Alberto Rosabal Ramírez has in his long professional life two missions in Africa, Angola (2011-2013) and the Republic of the Gambia from 2015 to the present. He graduated from General Practitioner in 1987, and Gynecologist in 1990, he also has a Diploma in Intensive Therapy and 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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Cuba how great you are
Maria Inés Álvarez Garay (*) Pediatric vaccination in Cuba against Covid-19 is marching by leaps and bounds, organized and efficient. Today parents, grandparents and family in general feel tranquility and immense satisfaction because our children, our greatest treasures and the future of our country, are being immunized against the pandemic that has robbed us of 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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Pride for Cuba and The Gambia
By: MSc. Maria Ines Alvarez Garay «The most important thing will have to be their total consecration to the most noble and humane of the trades: saving lives and preserving health. More than doctors, they will be jealous guardians of the most precious of the human being; apostles and creators of a more humane world.» Continue reading
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Cuba confirms 92.28% efficacy of Abdala vaccine
Havana, Jun 22 (Prensa Latina) With three doses Cuba’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate, Abdala, showed 92,28 percent efficacy in Phase III trial, its developers reported on Monday. Abdala, a vaccine candidate from the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB, in Spanish), shows 92.28 percent efficacy after three jabs, the island’s Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries Business Continue reading
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France provides one million syringes for vaccination in Cuba
Paris, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) The solidarity campaign of the Cuba Linda and France Cuba associations support the vaccination against Covid-19 on the island exceeded 80 thousand euros collected on Thursday, the equivalent of more than one million syringes. Launched in April, the initiative accumulates 80,804 euros, thanks to the contribution of hundreds of citizens, Continue reading
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Why are Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela doing so well in the fight against Covid19?
By Marc Vandepitte | 06/08/2021 | Latin American and Caribbean. It is curious that precisely the three American countries that suffer harsh economic sanctions by the United States are having much better results than the others in their fight against Covid19. One thing is certain: the pandemic has exposed the crisis of the neoliberal and Continue reading
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The Gambia acknowledges the work of Cuban doctors in Bansang region
By: MSc. Maria Ines Alvarez Garay (*) – The grateful accompany each other Bansang, The Gambia, June 6th. The Cuban Medical Brigade in the Gambia (CMB) posted in all regions throughout this West African nation, carries out a meritorious work, raising health indices, and improving the quality of life of the population. This weekend, in 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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President Díaz-Canel underscores Cuba’s unity and talent to face Covid-19
Havana, May 11 (Prensa Latina) The President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, emphasized that the anti-Covid-19 vaccination of 70 percent of the population for August, despite the United States blockade, shows the unity and talent of the town. Through his Twitter account, the President urged «to dedicate our body and soul to achieve a vaccination strategy 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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A Gambian doctor friend of Cuba
By MSc. Maria Inés Álvarez Garay (*) Solidarity is, according to the dictionary of the Spanish language, the bond that unites men and peoples in such a way that the well-being of some determines that of others, it is union, adhesion and joint responsibility. «Cuban doctors and I are great friends. They have played a Continue reading
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Cuba’s Soberana Plus vaccine protects against Covid-19 reinfection
Havana, Apr 13 (Prensa Latina) A single dose of Cuba’s vaccine candidate Soberana Plus can protect people against Covid-19 reinfection and improve their immune response to variants of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, health authorities announced on Tuesday. At a press conference on Cuban television, Dr. Rolando Ochoa, a researcher with the Finlay Vaccines Institute (IFV) and Continue reading
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Cuba will virtually celebrate International Workers’ Day
Havana, Apr 13 (Prensa Latina)- The Cuban Workers’ Central (CTC) and its national unions convened this Monday the virtual celebration of the upcoming May 1 with the slogan United: We do Cuba. The International Workers’ Day, preceded by the days of the VIII Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, will focus its activities on Continue reading
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The Washington Post highlights the potential of Cuban vaccines against Covid19
Washington, Mar 31 (Prensa Latina) The influential American newspaper The Washington Post highlights the potential that Cuba has today to produce its own vaccines against Covid-19, immunize the island’s population with them and distribute doses to other nations. According to the report from that media, Cuba could become the smallest country in the world to Continue reading
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