education

Biotech Mission to Cuba

Published March 20, 2017 | By El Medico

Biotech Mission to Cuba BETC director Kamal Rashid hopes to develop collaborations in biomanufacturing March 20, 2017 As the 1950s vintage cars course through city streets seemingly frozen in time, a vibrant biopharmaceutical sector flourishes in Cuba, supplying most of the country’s essential medicines and exporting life-saving vaccines to developing countries. “It was not what […] Continue reading →

Posted in English | Tagged aedes aegypti, chikungunya, Cuba, dengue, Economy, education, embargo, Health, Human Rights Cuba, medicines, travel, United States, university, zika | Leave a comment

Building Socialism in Cuba

Published October 12, 2016 | By El Medico

Building Socialism in Cuba As pressure for economic liberalization grows, what would it take to turn Cuba into a socialist democracy? by Samuel Farber In July 2016, thanks to a 20 percent reduction in oil shipments from Venezuela, Cuba’s economy minister Marino Murillo announced a 6 percent cut in electricity and a 28 percent cut […] Continue reading →

Posted in English | Tagged aedes aegypti, chikungunya, Cuba, debt, dengue, Economy, education, Emigration, food, Gross, Havana, Health, hospital, Human Rights Cuba, investment, journalist, mosquito, rationing, Repression, school, tourism, tourist, transport, travel, United States, university, Venezuela, zika | Leave a comment

Mosquito Guns and Heavy Fines: How Cuba Kept Zika at Bay for So Long

Published August 18, 2016 | By El Medico

Mosquito Guns and Heavy Fines: How Cuba Kept Zika at Bay for So Long It is one of the last Caribbean countries to get hit By Sara Reardon, Nature magazine on August 17, 2016 As soon as the rain stops, mosquitoes flood the guard house of an upscale tourist resort near Cuba’s Bay of Pigs. […] Continue reading →

Posted in English | Tagged aedes aegypti, airport, chikungunya, China, Cuba, dengue, Economy, education, embargo, Havana, Health, Human Rights Cuba, infected, infection, mosquito, school, tourist, United States, vector, zika | Leave a comment

Cuba’s Healthcare Scam

Published July 19, 2016 | By El Medico

Cuba’s Healthcare Scam Jul. 19, 2016 12:00pm By Humberto Fontova, for TheBlaze Humberto Fontova is the author of four books including: The Longest Romance: The Mainstream Media and Fidel Castro, Fidel: Hollywood’s Favorite Tyrant and Exposing the Real Che Guevara: And the Useful Idiots Who Idolize Him. “Cuba has made significant contributions to health and […] Continue reading →

Posted in English | Tagged aedes aegypti, Belgium, chikungunya, cholera, Cuba, dengue, education, Fidel Castro, France, Germany, Havana, Health, Human Rights Cuba, school, Spain, tyrant, zika | Leave a comment

British foreign minister visits Cuba in first such trip since

Published April 29, 2016 | By El Medico

British foreign minister visits Cuba in first such trip since AFP | London April 29, 2016 Last Updated at 05:22 IST Britain’s foreign minister has arrived in Cuba in the first such visit since 1959, to hold talks on cooperation in “financial services, energy, culture and education”, London announced. It follows last month’s landmark visit […] Continue reading →

Posted in English | Tagged chikungunya, Cuba, debt, dengue, education, EU, European Union, Havana, Health, Human Rights, Human Rights Cuba, United States, virus, zika | Leave a comment

What the Chikungunya Virus Means for Cuba

Published May 12, 2014 | By El Medico

What the Chikunguynya Virus Means for Cuba May 11, 2014 Graham Sowa HAVANA TIMES — After months of hopping from one Caribbean island to the next the Chikungunya virus has arrived within 50km of Cuban shores. With confirmed cases in neighboring Haiti this disease has implications for the Cuban public health system, vector control campaign, […] Continue reading →

Posted in English | Tagged aedes aegypti, chikungunya, cholera, Cuba, dengue, education, Health, hospital, Housing, Human Rights Cuba, infected, mosquito, tourism, tourist, travel, vector, virus | Leave a comment