Minrex statementCuban Parliament President Esteban Lazo travelled to Kenya to urgently address along Kenyan authorities the clarification of recent reports about the presumed and unconfirmed death of two Cuban doctors, previously abducted on April 12, 2019 by militants of the Al-Shabaab Islamist group.

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A new clinical trial on poliomyelitis began in Cuba at the request of the World Health Organization, since the country has no reported cases of poliomyelitis since its eradication, it was announced today.

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Miguel Diaz-Canel, president of Cuba, mourned today on social media the deaths of three young girls in a building collapse in Old Havana. Read more Cuban president mourns death of three girls after a building collapse in Havana

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In 2024, the year of its 40th anniversary, the Family Doctor and Nurse Program in the province of Holguín worked to improve the Family Medicine project underway in the country, with the purpose of raising the quality of medical care and bring services closer to the population.

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The Cuban Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB by its Spanish acronym) is working on several scientific projects, but is intensifying its efforts to obtain new vaccines to guarantee the quality of life of the population. Read more Cuban scientific center continues working on different vaccines