Authorities of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) explained that other topics will be linked to the safety and quality of medical care, chronic diseases and their growing burden of mortality and morbidity, and emerging and re-emerging diseases.

Research and innovation, together with the training of human resources, will also have a place in the event.

The 5th Cuba-Health 2025 International Convention and its associated events: the 16th Health for All Trade Fair and the 2nd Medical Tourism and Wellness Fair, are scheduled for April 21-25, 2025 at the Havana Convention Palace and its Pabexpo fairgrounds.

MINSAP’s Director of Science and Technological Innovation, Dr. Ileana Morales said the scientific event will be held under the slogan Universal Health Coverage and Equity based on the One Health paradigm.

Morales said that participants will evaluate the inclusion of health in public policies, as well as the strategies, organization, and economic bases that sustain health activity, the new processes of renewal of primary care, and their implications for health care services.

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