Health & Medicine

Health & Medicine

Favourable scenario vs. Covid-19 in Cuba is due to joint effort

Cubaplus: Cortesia de Prensa Latina

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez today stressed that the island maintains a favorable scenario in dealing with the Covid-19, as a result of the joint work of several sectors.

Cuba successfully applies blood plasma treatment for Covid-19

Prensa Latina

Cuba is successfully applying treatment to 16 Covid-19 patientes, who are seriously ill, with hyper immune blood plasma, Dr. Francisco Duran, Cuba's head of Epidemiology, told on Thursday the media in his daily press briefings.

Cuba reiterates to WHO willingness to share anti-Covid-19 experiences

Cubaplus: Courtesy of Prensa Latina

The Minister of Public Health José Ángel Portal reiterated to WHO at its World Assembly today, Cuba's willingness to cooperate and share its experiences in the fight against Covid-19.

Cubanacan hotel group supports fight against Covid-19

Cubaplus

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic on this Caribbean island, the Cubanacan group has supported various entities of the national health system, including the Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK), which now receives the third brigade made up of workers of that hotel chain.

Cuba's early response to contain pandemic highlighted

Cubaplus: Cortesia de Prensa Latina

Jose Moya, representative of the World Health Organization-Pan American Health Organization (WHO-PAHO) in Cuba, highlighted the early response of this country in containing the coronavirus pandemic.

Over 1,000 Cuban health professionals fight Covid-19 in 23 countries

Cubaplus: Cortesia de Prensa Latina

More than 1,000 Cuban medical collaborators are working in the red zone providing care to Covid-19 patients in 23 countries, while the others are working in wards for observation, convalescence and consults, it was reported here.

Nursing, an invaluable profession

By Mercy Ramos

Nursing, one of the most self-sacrificing and necessary professions, has now acquired an utmost value, as it is more than essential at this time that the world suffers from the greatest and most dangerous pandemic of all time.

CNEURO: Three decades devoted to the development of science

Cubaplus

With an outstanding work in the creation of the national network of neurophysiology and in training of Neurophysiologists and technicians, among other tasks, the Cuban Neuroscience Center (CNEURO), reaches today its 30th anniversary, now engaged in the important work of contributing to the country’s combat against the new coronavirus.

Cuba Makes Modest Contribution to Global Brain Health

CubaPLUS

Dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases are considered a health priority at present. It is estimated that by the middle of this century, between 115 and 135 million people will suffer from a brain-related disease.

EMCOMED “Committed to the health of the people”

CubaPLUS

Founded on October 7, 2005, EMCOMED is an innovative company in constant development, with vast experience in the wholesale commercialization of medicines and specialized logistics services for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries of Cuba.

Cuban scientists do not rest to fight Covid-19

Cubaplus: Courtesy of Prensa Latina

Cuban scientists will not rest, there is a commitment to science and the people to eradicate the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, a Cuban expert said.

Cuba presents to the Caribbean experiences to fight Covid-19

Cubaplus: Courtesy of Prensa Latina

At the proposal of Cuba, the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) held on Monday the 1st Regional Technical Meeting on Confrontation against Covid-19 in member countries, the Cuban Foreign Ministry reported.

Products by Labiofam company protect against Covid-19 in Cuba

Cubaplus: Cortesia de Prensa Latina

The Company of Biopharmaceutical Laboratories (Labiofam) has so far produced a total of 81 thousand bottles of antibacterial lotion and about 21 thousand bottles of 0.1% sodium hypochlorite.

Three medicines lead Covid19 treatment in Cuba

Cubaplus: Courtesy of Prensa Latina

Cuba's protocol for coronavirus patients begins with the use of three medications: anti-retroviral Kaletra, interferon alfa-2b and chloroquine as an immune-modulating agent, an expert said.

Internet and social networks in times of the coronavirus

By Mercy Ramos

Nowadays it is much easier to communicate with a friend or family member on the other side of the world than to travel perhaps 500 kilometers in your own country to meet a person. That is due to the Internet and, within it, to social networks that allow communication in seconds, just by pressing a few keys on the phone or the computer.