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Cambodia and Cuba broaden health cooperation

Published on: August 29, 2024
10:50

Phnom Penh, August 29 (Prensa Latina) Cambodia's Health Minister Chheang Ra called for increasing cooperation with Cuba in this sector to achieve universal health coverage by 2035, for which work is currently being done.

Over 2.5 million patients reported on waiting lists in Chile

Published on: August 29, 2024
09:34

Santiago, Chile, Aug 29 (Prensa Latina) More than 2.5 million patients are currently on waiting lists in Chile to see a specialist in the public system, the Health Ministry informed.

Six killed, 10,000 displaced in Nigeria due to heavy rains

Published on: August 29, 2024
09:07

Abuja, Aug 29 (Prensa Latina) Heavy and unexpected rains have caused to date the death of six people and the displacement of some 10,000 others in Nigeria, Adamawa State Deputy Governor Kaletapwa Farauta informed. The deaths occurred due to the overflowing of the Benue River, a common situation during the annual rains but unexpected this time, because the rainy season has not yet peaked, Farauta stated.

Cuban scientists study danger of earthquakes in Pinar fault

Published on: August 29, 2024
00:30

Havana, Aug 29 (Prensa Latina) Cuban scientists are studying the paleoseismology of the Pinar fault, a long-standing desire of the scientific community about a region of the country that has recorded several earthquakes throughout history.

Scholarships for university studies in Cuba granted in Dominica

Published on: August 28, 2024
13:23

Roseau, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban ambassador to the Commonwealth of Dominica, Miguel Fraga, granted scholarships to 11 young people from this nation on Wednesday to study in Cuban universities.

New agricultural machinery to restore degraded lands in Cuba

Published on: August 28, 2024
12:31

Havana, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) A FAO-supported project, funded by the Green Climate Fund, is facilitating Cuba's access to agricultural machinery to rescue degraded lands infested with marabú, it was reported on Wednesday.

Djibouti denounces US economic blockade against Cuba

Published on: August 28, 2024
12:01

Djibouti, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) The Secretary General of the Presidency of Djibouti, Mohamed Abdillahi Wais, denounced the policy of economic, commercial and financial blockade implemented by the United States against Cuba and the Caribbean island's inclusion on the list of countries that sponsor terrorism.

More than 600 deaths from Mpox in DRC this year

Published on: August 28, 2024
10:50

Kinshasa, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) At least 610 people died in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) this year due to monkeypox (Mpox), the Minister of Public Health, Roger Kamba, informed.

Cuba develops high-tech neonatal screening system

Published on: August 28, 2024
00:15

Havana, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) Experts from the Cuban Neuroscience Center (CNEURO) developed a neonatal screening system for the early detection of hearing and vision disorders in newborns, local media reported recently.

Good Dominican school turnout amid unexpected snags

Published on: August 27, 2024
16:31

Santo Domingo, Aug 27 (Prensa Latina) The Dominican Ministry of Education (MINERD) reported Tuesday that the new school year has set off with an average attendance of 83 percent of students and 97 percent of teachers, although sources from that sector reported minor hitches.

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