More than 250 Iberian-American and European delegates are participating in the event, which will run until Friday, to exchange their experiences and ideas on the prevention of physical and psychic disabilities of neurological origin.

Doctor Julio Zamarreño, president of the organizing committee Neuro Rehabana, told ACN that the meeting brings together representatives from Cuba, Spain, the United States, England, Uruguay, Panama and Mexico, among other nations.

The event is aimed at promoting the creation of data banks, and networks for communication and for the training of scientific groups from different regions, underlined Zamarreño.

"Prevention of disabilities” is the slogan of the event, which is attended by specialists in physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurologists, neurosurgeons, intensive care specialists, orthopedists, urologists, nephrologists, pneumologists, pediatricians, ophtalmologists, ENT specialists, geneticists, psychiatrists and psychologists.

The prevention of traffic and industrial accidents and accidents in sports performance and at home, natural and traditional medicine, and disaster medicine, are also part of the event’s agenda.

The scientific program included 13 pre-congress courses (on Monday and Tuesday) among them the 2nd International Workshop on Equestrian Rehabilitation, held at the La Pradera International Rehabilitation Center, where Cuba showed his achievements in equine therapy, which began on the island in 2002.

Cuba has 16 equestrian rehabilitation units, in which equine therapy is used with good results, showing the benefits horses can provide to rehabilitate children with brain disabilities, autism, deafness and blindness, and other physical and mental handicaps.