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BioCubaFarma broadens collaboration with Belarus

BioCubaFarma broadens collaboration with Belarus
BioCubaFarma deputy director Eulogio Pimentel signs memorandum of understanding to expand cooperation with the Eurasian nation in the biopharmaceutical sector

Author: Internacional news staff | informacion@granmai.cu
june 23, 2022 10:06:01

The Cuban delegation was led by Dr. Eulogio Pimental Vázquez, deputy director of BioCubaFarma.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo: BioCubaFarma
Belarussian Minister of Health Dimitri Pinevich received a BioCubaFarma delegation, June 21, visiting the country to discuss efforts to further develop commercial and scientific cooperation in the production of biopreparations and medications, reported Cubaminrex.
Pinevich highlighted the two countries great potential in this field, noting the need to strengthen the current Compensated Exchange Agreement between Cuba and Belarus.
During the Cuban delegation’s stay in the Eurasian nation, deputy director of BioCubaFarma Eulogio Pimentel signed a memorandum of understanding to expand collaboration in the biopharmaceutical sector with the chief executive of the Belarussian BelFarProm holding company.
Cuban scientists also met with pharmaceutical manufacturers to analyze the prospects for bilateral cooperation in the production of medicines and medical devices, and discussed proposals to expand cooperation, including the possible use of Cuban anti-COVID vaccines in Belarus, the Cuban state enterprise group BioCubaFarma reported on social media.

Cuban Medicine, Solidarity

Mexico would be hiring over 500 Cuban doctors.

Mexico president says Cuban doctors, praises Cuban counterpart

 

 

 

 

 

 

ReutersMay 9, 202211:55 AM EDTLast Updated 3 hours ago
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador visits Cuba

MEXICO CITY, May 9 (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday lavished praise on Cuba’s leader, reiterated his wish for the Caribbean island nation to be invited to the Summit of the Americas in June and said Mexico would be hiring over 500 Cuban doctors.

Lopez Obrador, who visited Cuba over the weekend as part of a regional tour of Central America and the Caribbean, said at a regular news conference that he had met with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, as well as former President Raul Castro.

“They have an incredible president. An honest man, hardworking, human, a really good person,” Lopez Obrador said of Diaz-Canel, the Communist president who took office in 2019.

During the visit the two countries signed an agreement to expand cooperation in public health and another pledging to increase cultural, economic and other ties.

Lopez Obrador has emerged as the most important head of state in Latin America to criticize U.S. policy toward the region and Cuba, which he faults for mass migration, and to call for area integration and greater independence from Washington.

His use of words such as “depraved” to describe U.S. sanctions on Cuba and praise of Cuba’s COVID-19 vaccines have endeared him to the Cuban government

“Except for a couple of short-lived periods in which relations between Cuba and Mexico were tense, during the 63 years since the victory of the Cuban Revolution they have been between good or very good,” William LeoGrande, a professor of government at American University in Washington, said.

“With the advent of AMLO they have become excellent,” he added, referring to Lopez Obrador.

Lopez Obrador again said he wants all countries in the region to receive an invitation to the upcoming U.S.-hosted Summit of the Americas, set to take place in June in Los Angeles. read more

The U.S. government has said Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s administration were unlikely to receive invitations to the summit. read more

Lopez Obrador also announced that Mexico will hire more than 500 Cuban doctors to help make up for a shortage of medical professionals, and that it will purchase COVID-19 vaccines from Cuba.

Cuban doctors were previously hired to work in Mexico earlier in the coronavirus pandemic, sparking criticism from members of Mexico’s opposition. read more

“We are also going to hire doctors from Cuba who are going to come to work in our country. We made this decision because we do not have the doctors we need in the country,” Lopez Obrador said.

The Cuban government did not immediately reply to a Reuters request for comment on Lopez Obrador’s announcement.

The Mexican president announced in April that his country will vaccinate more children against COVID-19, urging global health authorities to deliver the doses it had ordered for the purpose. read more

Mexico will purchase vaccines from Cuba to vaccinate children as young as two years old, he said, adding, “It’s given (Cuba) great results.”

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Cuban Medicine

Cuba closes Saturday with 482 new Covid-19 infections and one deceased

06 March 2022
Translated by Walter Lippmann for CubaNews.

At the close of yesterday, March 5, 7,238 patients were hospitalized, 4,830 suspected, 43 under surveillance, and 2,365 confirmed active.

For COVID-19, a total of 11,239 samples were taken for surveillance on the day, with 482 being positive for 4.3% positivity. The country accumulates 13 million 155 thousand 339 samples carried out and 1 million 072 thousand 956 positives.

Of the total cases (482): 474 were contacts of confirmed cases, 2 with a source of infection abroad and 6 without a specified source of infection. Of the 482 diagnosed cases, 294 were female and 188 male.

5.6% (27) of the 482 positive cases were asymptomatic, accumulating a total of 145,264, which represents 13.5% of those confirmed to date.

Of the 482 diagnosed cases, they belong to the age groups: under 20 years old (112), 20 to 39 years old (142), 40 to 59 years old (126), 60 and over (102).

Cuban industry, Cuban Medicine

Cuban biotechnology brings development and sovereignty to Mariel

Cuban biotechnology brings development and sovereignty to Mariel
The CIGB-Mariel biotechnological facility is the first operation of its kind in the Mariel Special Development Zone, financed with 100% Cuban capital and the product of a joint effort by our country’s technologists, engineers, designers and construction workers

Author: Gladys Leydis Ramos López | internet@granma.cu
november 10, 2021 11:11:46


Photo: ZEDM
The CIGB-Mariel biotechnological complex, inaugurated October 25, is the first high-technology operation established in the Mariel Special Development Zone, a product of the joint efforts and knowledge of Cuban technologists, engineers and designers.

All are affiliated with the Esines specialized engineering services company affiliated with the BioCubaFarma enterprise group and the new CIGB-Mariel itself, were recognized in a ceremony for their design and technological conceptualization of the project, completed with optimum quality and financed with 100% Cuban capital.

During the event, presided by Party Political Bureau member and director of the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), Marta Ayala Avila, as well as Oscar Treto Cardenas, from the Party Central Committee, BioCubaFarma director Eduardo Martinez Diaz stated that this treasure, of which the Cuban people is proud, was possible thanks to those who contributed, in many moments of tension, to ensuring that the highest standards were met in construction of the complex.

The young designer Lázaro Leonardo Hernández, an Esines specialist, described the experience as the most gratifying of his professional career, consolidating and giving continuity to the development of Cuban biotechnology.

Miguel Francisco Prado Muñoz, general director of Esines, added that the complex, built in just 57 months, is a huge plus for the Cuban technological industry and one of the most advanced in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The new facility’s director, engineer Catalina Álvarez Irarragorri, reported that plans for the complex include the production of vaccines and innovative drugs to treat diseases that afflict the Cuban population and of other nations, as well.

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