In an interview with Prensa Latina, she assured that every year, this organization holds high-level dialogues with different authorities of the island, particularly with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to address issues such as this and the protection of the medical missions, among other current topics.

In addition to this, the Cuban Red Cross has an “excellent” work, trajectory and experience, especially in natural disasters, thanks to the thousands of volunteers it has, and the restoration of family contact, one of the additional programs to the prevention and care in the communities, she said.

The course “Help” about health emergencies in large populations, taking place here virtually, is part of the prevention, the third pillar in the work strategy of the ICRC, which created this initiative in 1986 in conjunction with the World Health Organization and the University of Geneva.

The official said that the project seeks to promote the professionalization of the humanitarian assistance in health emergencies and facilitate the exchange of experience among the different professionals who are important to define a multidisciplinary response to this kind of emergency.

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