Cuba Will
Continue Working to Improve Communication Services
HAVANA,
Cuba, Jan 7 (AIN) Cuba will continue searching for technological,
security and
financial solutions to increase telecommunication services provided
to the population.
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Cuba
Increases Medicines Production for ALBA Countries
BAYAMO, Cuba, Jan 6 (acn) The
production of liquid oral medicines exported to other ALBA
member nations, was boosted by 22 percent during 2009 as compared
with 2008. |
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Cuban Sciences
Celebrate Five Decades of Achievements
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 4 (acn) The celebration of the Day of Cuban
Science on January 15th will serve to mark the 50th anniversary
since Commander in Chief Fidel Castro highlighted the importance of
this sector for the socio-economic development of the Caribbean
nation. |
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Cuban Vaccine against
Advanced Lung Cancer Enters Final Clinical Trials
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 19 (acn) The creation of the first vaccine against
advanced lung cancer is
one of the main achievements of the Havana-based Center of Molecular
Immunology (CIM).
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Global
Forum for Health Research Underway in Havana
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 17 (acn) Comprehensiveness, accessibility and
internationalist vocation are the principles upon which the Cuban
health system is based, said Cuba’s Public Health Minister Jose
Ramon Balaguer during the inauguration of the Global Forum for
Health Research 2009 that began on Monday in Havana with the
participation of more than 800 delegates from nearly 80 countries.
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Cuban Team Advances to
Finale of World’s Top Programming Contest
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 12 (acn) For the first time, a Cuban team advanced to the
final stage of the
world’s most important programming competition organized by the
Association for Computing
Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest educational and scientific
computing society. |
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Int’l Event on World
Crisis and Economic Perspectives in Havana
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 10 (acn) The 2nd International Symposium of the Center for
Sociological and Psychological Researches (CIPS) begins in Havana on
Tuesday with a lecture entitled ‘Global Crisis, Cuban Economy and
Prospects of Development’. |
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US
Blockade of Cuba Obstructs US-Cuba Scientific Cooperation
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 6 (acn) The Vice President of the Cuban Council of
Ministers, Jose Ramon Fernandez, said on Thursday that current
obstacles to US-Cuba scientific cooperation show the anachronistic
nature of Washington’s financial, commercial and economic blockade
of the Caribbean nation.
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Congress on Cuban-Arab Medicine
Concludes on Friday
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 6 (acn) After five days of exchanges and discussions, the
2nd Congress on
Cuban-Arab Medicine concludes today in Havana with a new boost to
cooperation between the
Caribbean nation and the Arab world. |
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Cuba and Venezuela
Strengthen Links in Higher Education
HAVANA,
Cuba, Nov 2 (acn) Cuba’s assessing of master’s degrees and
postgraduate courses in
Venezuela was highlighted at the 9th Joint Commission on Higher
Education, held at Pueblo
Guri, in the Venezuelan state of Bolivar. |
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Cuban Specialists
Contribute to the Cleaning up of Caribbean Waters
HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 31 (acn)
Specialists from the Cuban Center for Engineering and Environmental
Management of Bays and Coasts (CIMAB), have cooperated with other
countries in the preparation of two new projects on pollution in the
Caribbean Sea. |
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Cuban-Arab Medicine
Congress Begins in Havana on Monday
HAVANA,
Cuba, Oct 30 (acn) The 2nd Cuban-Arab International Medicine
Congress that begins on Monday in Havana will further increase
cooperation between the Caribbean nation and the Arab countries. |
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Int’l Event on Marine
Sciences Underway in Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, Oct
26 (acn) “Marine Sciences: Integration for Development” is the main
theme of the international event ColacMarCuba that begins today and
runs through Friday at Havana’s Convention Center. |
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Cuba and Angola to Sign
Agreement on Information and Communication Technologies
HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 21 (acn)
Cuba and Angola will sign this Wednesday in Havana a memorandum of
understanding and collaboration in the field of information and
communication technologies. |
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Cuban Scientists Take Part in
World Forest Congress
PINAR DEL RIO,
Cuba, Oct 21 (acn) Scientists with the Hermanos Saíz University of
Pinar del Río are participating in the 13th World Forest Congress
underway in Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
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Cuban Program to Control
Malaria Proving Effective in Africa
HAVANA, Cuba, Oct
12 (acn) A Cuban anti-vectorial program to control malaria is
proving its effectives in Angola and other African nations. |
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UN Agencies Praise
Cuba’s Efforts against HIV
HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 8 (acn)
Cuba, Argentina and Brazil are the Latin American countries whose
youth-oriented sexual education policies against HIV have yielded
the best results in the region, announced on Wednesday the United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). |
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Cuba
Readies for Second Wave of Influenza A H1N1 Virus
HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 2 (acn)
Cuban Deputy Health Minister Luis Estruch said on Thursday that Cuba
is getting ready for a second wave of the Influenza A H1N1 virus,
which has infected 435 people in the Caribbean nation.
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Despite US Blockade, Cuban
Elderly Receive Priority Treatment
HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 2 (acn)
Though purchasing medicines and equipment has become increasingly
difficult for Cuba, due to the US blockade, the Caribbean nation has
implemented specialized geriatrics services throughout the country,
as part of the actions to prolong, with quality, the life of its
inhabitants. |
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Cuba Develops New Allergenic Vaccines
HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 30 (acn) Researchers from the National Center of
Bio-Preparations (BIOCEN) are working on the development of new
allergenic vaccines, including one of sublingual application and
another one that requires a fewer number of doses. |
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Cuban Ophthalmologists Have Performed 93,000
Surgeries in Ecuador
HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 30 (acn) After three and a half years making
their contribution in Ecuador, Cuban ophthalmologists in this South
American nation have performed nearly 93,000 surgeries as part of
the Miracle free eye care program promoted by Cuba and Venezuela in
Latin America
and the Caribbean for low-income people. |
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Cuban Device to Correct Orthopedic Problems
Awarded at Int’l Congress
BAYAMO, Cuba, Sept 28 (acn) A Cuban device that can correct eight
lower limb deformities at the same time in children was awarded in
the recently concluded 20th International Congress on Orthopedics,
held in this eastern Cuban city.
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Washington Bans
Orthopedics Doctors from Attending Event in Cuba
BAYAMO, Cuba, Sept 22 (acn)
Cuban orthopedics expert Rodrigo Alvarez Cambras confirmed that the
U.S. government did not allow doctors from that country to travel to
the island to participate in an international congress on
orthopedics that started yesterday in this eastern city of Cuba.
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Int’l
Congress on Orthopedics Begins Today in Bayamo
HAVANA, Cuba,
Sept 21 (acn) The 20th International Congress on Orthopedics and
Traumatology begins today in the city of Bayamo, in the southeastern
Granma province, with the participation of more than 400 Cuban and
foreign experts. |
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Cuba Implements New Comprehensive Program for
Cancer Control
HAVANA, Cuba, Sept
17 (acn) Cuba’s Health Minister approved a new program seeking to
decrease the number of cases of cancer in the country, where the
disease is considered a “silent epidemics”. |
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Ecuadorean Expert Praises Cuba’s Achievements
in Health
HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 17 (acn) Honorary Doctor Plutarco Naranjo, from
Ecuador, has praised Cuba’s achievements in medicine, health and
science, despite the economic limitations imposed by the criminal US
blockade against the island. |
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Cuba Strives to Protect the Ozone Layer
Havana, Cuba, Sept 17 (acn) On the occasion of the World Day for the
Protection of the Ozone Layer, marked on September 16, Cuba
eliminated its imports of chlorofluorocarbons (CFC’s) and metal
bromide, which are highly polluting substances. |
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Cuba’s Advances
in Ethno-medicine Presented in Havana
HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 15 (acn) Cuba’s advances in the use of medicinal
plants and natural products are being presented as of Monday at the
18th “Juan Tomás Roig” Italian-Latin American Congress on
Ethno-medicine (popular use of traditional medicine). |
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UN Praises
Cuban Efforts to Reduce Pollutants
HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 14 (acn)
Susan McDade, Resident Representative of the
United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Cuba, congratulated the
Caribbean nation for having gradually reduced and eliminated
environmental pollutants.
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Cuba Eliminates Imports
of Methyl Bromide to Protect the Environment
HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 11 (acn)
Cuba has eliminated its imports of methyl bromide and
chlorofluorocarbons in an effort to contribute to the protection of
the ozone layer and fulfill the agreements of the Montreal Protocol.
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The Use of
Water: Main Focus of Intl’ Congress to be held in Havana
SANTA CLARA,
Cuba, Sept 11 (acn) Water supply and environmental cleaning will be
among the issues under debate at the 9th International Congress on
Hydraulic Engineering, slated for September 29th through October 3rd
in central Villa Clara province. |
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WHO: Climate Change Took
a Toll on Nearly One Million Lives
HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 11 (acn)
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that climate change
has caused nearly one million deaths around the world over the past
eight years.
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Cuba to Host Regional
Congress on Traditional Medicine
HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 11
(acn) Professionals and technicians linked to medicinal plants and
natural products from Cuba and abroad will participate in the 18th
Juan Tomas Roig Italian-Latin American International Congress on
Ethnomedicine, beginning Monday. |
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Cuba Seeks to Double Up
Number of Local Eye Experts
HAVANA, Cuba, Sept
8 (acn) Cuba has some 1,000 eye experts and this number is expected
to double up in the next few years, which shows the island’s
development in the field, said Dr. Marcelino Rio, president of the
Cuban Society of Ophthalmology.
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Cuba to Host 20th International Congress on
Orthopedics
BAYAMO, Cuba, Sept 5 (acn) More than 400 Cuban and foreign experts
will participate in the 20th International Congress on Orthopedics,
to be held from September 21st through the 26th in this city, the
capital of eastern Granma province. |
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Cuban Expert Appointed
Member of Spanish Academy of Veterinary Sciences
HAVANA, Cuba, Sept
1 (acn) The Royal Academy of Veterinary Sciences of Spain appointed
Cuban Roberto Brito Capallejas, PhD, this Monday as one of its
Foreign Correspondent Academician. |
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Havana to Host
Cuban-Arab Medical Conference
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 27 (acn)
The Second International Cuban-Arab Medical Conference, to be held
next November in Havana, will be a boost to cooperation efforts in
this area between the Arab nations and Cuba.
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Cuba Expands Early
Diagnosis of Alzheimer
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug
27 (acn) With the use of modern technology in the national hospital
network, Cuba has expanded perspectives for the early diagnosis of
Alzheimer, a neurodegenerative condition that is the first cause of
dementia. |
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Cuba Develops Faster and More Accurate
Diagnosis Means
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 26 (acn) A new state-of-the-art culturing means
that allows to reduce up to four times the diagnosis time of the
salmonella is one of the most recent achievements of the National
Center of Biotechnological Products (BioCen). |
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Cuban Crocodile Returned from Spain Adapts to
Her Natural Habitat
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 26 (acn) After being returned by Spanish
authorities of the Natura Parc in Mallorca, a Cuban female crocodile
of the rhombifer type has satisfactorily passed its 40-day
adaptation period in Havana. |
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Cuba Introduces
Domestic Sublingual Allergy Vaccination
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 25 (acn) The Cuban National Center of
Biotechnological Products (BioCen) recently introduced the
sublingual administration of the first allergy vaccines developed in
Cuba. |
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Cuban Agriculture Shows Signs of Recovery
after Passage of 2008
Hurricanes
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 25 (acn) Agriculture, one of the sectors of Cuban
economy hit the hardest by the passage of three hurricanes in 2008,
is now showing signs of recovery, as reported by the National Office
for Statistics. |
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Cuba Achieves Great
Outcomes in Students’ Int’l Contest
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug
19 (acn) The two Cuban students who participated in the 21st
International Olympics of Computing won one bronze medal each that
added to the great outcome of the country in similar events this
year. |
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Climatic Change Will Cause More Deaths for
Dengue
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 18 (acn) The rise in temperatures by 1-2 Celsius
degrees could lead to an increase in several hundreds of millions of
dengue cases with about 20 to 30 thousands deaths per year, asserted
Cuban Dr. Gustavo Kourí. |
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Cuban and
Ethiopia to Increase Cooperation in the Production of Medicines
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug
17 (acn) Cuba’s new technological advances in the production of
vaccines and other medicines were presented to Ethiopian authorities
and specialists with the Health and Nutrition Institute of this
North African nation. |
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Several Countries Donate Orchid Species to
Cuban Garden
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug
14 (acn) Soroa’s Orchid Garden, the largest of its type in Cuba,
will be enriched with endemic species from Sri Lanka, Colombia and
Jamaica donated by those countries to mitigate the damage caused in
the area by the 2008 hurricanes. |
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Cuba Takes Part in Regional Health Congress
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 14 (acn) Cuba is participating in the 2nd Central
American and Caribbean Congress of Health Workers underway in the
National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (UNAN), in Managua, the
capital of that country. |
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Cuban Therapy for Breast Cancer Applied in
Mice
BEJUCAL, Cuba, Aug 11 (acn) The combination of a new anti-ideotypical
vaccine and chemotherapy for breast cancer in mice (murino species)
is among the works presented in this municipality as part of the
16th Science and Technology Forum. |
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Cuba’s San Diego de los Baños Spa to Reopen
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 11 (acn) The San Diego de los Baños Spa, located
on the island’s westernmost province of Pinar del Rio, will reopen
its doors after undergoing repairs for the damages caused by the
passage of time and the battering of several hurricanes. |
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Cuban Pharmaceutical Industry Replaces Imports
with Local Products
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 10 (acn) Cuba’s Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurial
Group Quimefa saved the country 1.4 million dollars during the first
semester of this year and at the same time increased the supply of
medicines to the Cuban people |
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Cuba Shows Highest Breastfeeding Rates in
Latin America
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug
4 (acn) Cuba is the Latin American country with the best results in
an international campaign fostering breastfeeding, according to a
survey carried out by the Pan-American Health Organization (PHO).
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New Cuban Medical Brigade Welcomed in Mali
HAVANA, Cuba, July
31 (acn) Cuban ambassador in Mali, Alberto Miguel Otero, and
officials from that nation’s Health Ministry welcomed, at the
Bamako-Senou Airport, the new medical brigade that will work in the
African country for the next two years. |
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Cuban Product
against Diabetic Foot Ulcers Successfully Used in Camagüey
CAMAGÜEY, Cuba,
Jul 30 (acn) Diabetic patients in this eastern province of Cuba
suffering lesions in their legs have experienced notable improvement
and pain relief with the use of a Cuban-made biotechnological
product known as Heberprot-P. |
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Cuba Contributes to New
Eye Clinic in Guyana
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul
29 (acn) The first eye clinic opened in the Caribbean with Cuban
medical assistance was recently inaugurated by Guyana’s president
Bharrat Jagdeo. |
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Cuba Safely Recovers Mercury Contained in
Fluorescent Lamps
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul
29 (acn) In a effort to protect human health and the environment,
the recovery of mercury contained in fluorescent lamps is being
carried out in Cuba at no risks through a technology acquired by the
island in late 2008. |
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Cuban Center for
Scientific Research Prepares Congress
HAVANA, Cuba, July
23 (acn) The Cuban National Center for Scientific Research (CNIC) is
preparing its 15th congress, which is scheduled for June 2010 at the
Convention Center in Havana with the participation of national and
foreign specialists. |
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Cuban Center Reappointed
as UN Collaborator
HAVANA, Cuba, July
21 (acn) The Pan-American and World Health Organizations (PAHO-WHO)
have reappointed Cuba’s National Center for Information on Medical
Sciences (CNICM) as a collaborator for the development of a Virtual
Library project for four years. |
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Cuban Doctors Offer Medical Services to
Guineans at SOS Hamlet
HAVANA, Cuba, July
21 (acn) Cuban voluntary health workers in Bissau, the capital of
Guinea Bissau, carried out a special campaign of medical services in
an SOS Hamlet, a children’s home, on the occasion of the 56th
anniversary of the attacks on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de
Céspedes garrisons |
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Cuba Increasing Production of
Anti-Meningococcal Vaccine for Africa
HAVANA, Cuba, July
21 (acn) The Havana-based Finlay Institute will this year increase
its production of the anti-meningococcal A-C vaccine to 50 million
doses for Africa and the World Health Organization (WHO). |
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Over 400,000 Bolivians Operated on by
Cuban Eye Surgeons
HAVANA, Cuba, July
13 (acn) A total of 425,000 Bolivians have been operated on by Cuban
specialists as part of Operation Miracle, said in La Paz on Monday
Cuba’s ambassador to Bolivia, Rafael Daussá. |
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Cuban OB-GYN Doctor
Receives World Prize
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 10 (acn)
The International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO)
awarded its top prize to Cuban Professor Sonia Águila Setién, for
her national and international contribution to the development of
science and scientific research.
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Cuba will Host World Forum on Health Research
HAVANA, Cuba, July
10 (acn) Promoting social and technological innovation in favor of
health and equity will be the main purpose of a World Forum on
Health Research that will take place in Cuba next November. |
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Caribbean Community
Thanks Cuba for Cooperation on Meteorology
HAVANA, Cuba, July 9 (acn)
Carlos Fuller, Deputy Director of the Climate Change Center of the
Caribbean Community, thanked the cooperation of the Cuban
Meteorology Institute with his organization to face climatological
threats. |
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World Expert Praises
Cuba’s Advances in Fetal Cardiology
HAVANA, Cuba, July 8 (acn)
Dr. Pablo Marantz, world expert on fetal heart surgery, praised
Cuba’s advances in the detection of congenital cardiopathies, which
contributes to reducing infant mortality rates.
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Int’l
Colloquium on Environmental Law and Justice Opens in Havana
HAVANA, Cuba, July 7 (acn)
Experts from six countries attend on Tuesday the inauguration of an
international colloquium on Environmental Law and Justice in the
Cuban capital, in which participants will discuss one of the main
challenges that humanity faces today: climate change. |
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International Convention
on Environment Opens in Havana
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 6 (acn)
Some 700 delegates, including scientists, businessmen and
governmental representatives, from 25 countries are in Cuba to
attend the 7th International Convention on Environment and
Development to be inaugurated today in Havana. |
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Cuba Participated in
Biotechnology Fair in India
HAVANA, Cuba, July 3 (acn)
Cuba participated in the “Bangalore Bio 2009” biotechnology fair
that was held in this city of the Indian state of Karnataka. |
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Anti-polio Vaccine under Clinical Trial in
Eastern Cuba
CAMAGUEY, Cuba,
Jul 3 (acn) Over 300 children in eastern Camaguey province will be
immunized with an anti-polio vaccine, the clinical trial of which
was entrusted to Cuba by the World Health Organization (WHO). |
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International Conference
Honors Cuban Psychiatrist
HAVANA, Cuba, June
29 (acn) The 8th International Symposium about biological and
therapeutic aspects related to mental disorders paid homage this
Monday to the President of the Cuban Psychiatry Society Miguel
Valdes Mier. |
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Tens of Thousands Visually Impaired
Rehabilitated in Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, June
29 (acn) Over 18, 000 visually impaired persons have already been
rehabilitated in Cuba since the National Association of the Blind
(ANSI) was created 34 years ago on June 19. |
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Cuban Provinces Reduce Pregnancy in
Adolescents
MATANZAS, Cuba,
Jun 26 (acn) Sexual education and specialized consultations are
among the actions influencing the decrease of the pregnancy rate in
adolescents registered in this central-western Cuban province. |
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Vaccine against
Poliomyelitis on Clinical trials in Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, June 25 (acn)
At the request of the World Health Organization (WHO), Cuba is
carrying out clinical trials of an intramuscular vaccine candidate
against poliomyelitis. |
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Cuba Re-Elected Member
of UNESCO’s Oceanographic Commission
HAVANA, Cuba, June
24 (acn) For the fourth consecutive occasion, Cuba was re-elected
member of the executive council of the Intergovernmental
Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). |
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Cuban
Scientists Obtain Their First Images of Atoms
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun
24 (acn) Researchers of the Science and Technology of Materials
Center of the University of Havana recently obtained images of
atomic resolution with the first nanotechnology instrument made in
Cuba. |
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UN Experts to Attend Convention
on the Environment in Havana
HAVANA, Cuba, June
24 (acn) Representatives from the United Nations and ministers from
11 countries will participate in the 7th International Convention on
the Environment and Development that will take place in Havana on
July 6-10, 2009. |
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Prostate Cancer Vaccine Candidate
Enters Second Clinical Trial Stage in
Eastern Cuba
GUANTANAMO, Cuba,
Jun 24 (acn) Four hospitals in the eastern region of Cuba will start
using a candidate vaccine against prostate cancer on the second
clinical trial stage of a study led by the Genetic Engineering and
Biotechnology Center of Camaguey. |
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Cuba Obtains Hepatitis C
Vaccine Candidate
HAVANA, Cuba, June 23 (acn)
The first phase of clinical trials of a vaccine candidate against
Hepatitis C has just concluded in Cuba successfully, an expert with
the Havana-based Center of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (CIGB)
announced on Monday. |
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Cuba to Host Iberian-American
Chemistry Olympics
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun
23 (acn) The University of Havana will host the 14th
Iberian-American Chemistry Olympics (IACO) scheduled for October,
said Nilda Delgado Yañez, coordinator of the Cuban contestants to
the event. |
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Cuba will Host Int’l
Congress on Orthopedics and Traumatology
HAVANA, Cuba, June
19 (acn) The substitution of imports will be one of the main topics
of the 20th International Congress of the Cuban Society of
Orthopedics and Traumatology, scheduled for next September in the
eastern province of Granma. |
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UN Official Praises Cuba’s Efforts against
Desertification
HAVANA, Cuba, June
18 (acn) The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Cuba, Susan
McDade, praised on Wednesday Cuba’s efforts in the fight against
desertification and drought on the occasion of the World Day to
Combat Desertification and Drought. |
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Cuban Health Ministry Announces Summer
Campaign
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun
18 (acn) Cuba's Health Ministry introduced this Thursday the Public
Health Preventative Campaign for the coming summer, in order to
prevent the high incidence diseases during the holidays. Luis
Estruch, deputy Minister for Epidemiology, explained to the press
that this crusade involves every entity, institutions and the
community |
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Cuba Strengthens Measures against Influenza A
H1N1
HAVANA, Cuba, June
18 (acn) The strengthening of epidemiological actions has allowed
Cuba keeping the Influenza A H1N1 epidemic in check; since it break
out 69 days ago, the pandemic disease has affected 46,000 people in
85 countries. |
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Heartbreaking News
By Ileana Borges
On the World Day
Against Child Labor a heartbreaking message travelled around the
world: some 215 million children work, according to the World Labor
Organization.
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Havana
will Host Cuban-Arab Medical Congress
HAVANA, Cuba, June
12 (acn) The Second Cuban-Arab International Medical Congress will
take place in Havana on November 2-6, 2009, with a program that
includes exchanges of experiences and knowledge in the area of
orthopedics and other medical specialties. |
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Cuba Has Over
11,000 Graduates in Educational Sciences
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun
12 (acn) Cuba created in 2005 the Masters Programme in Educational
Sciences and since then 11,207 people have graduated from it in all
levels of education. |
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Cuba
Confirms Sixth Case of Influenza A H1N1
HAVANA, Cuba, June 11 (acn)
Cuba confirmed its sixth case of Influenza A H1N1 after detecting
the disease in a 65-year-old Cuban women, who recently visited the
United States. |
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Flamingo Population in
Cuban Province Increases
SANTA CLARA, Cuba, June
10 (acn) The population of pink flamingoes on the north coast of the
central province of Villa Clara has increased by more than 4,000
specimens, which shows the effectiveness of protection measures in
the area.
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Cuba Places its Bets on Open-Source Software
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun
9 (acn) In an attempt to reach technological independence Cuba has
placed its bets on open-source software, a fact evidenced at the
presentation of the Nova Operative System 2.0 during the 2009
International Convention of Informatics. |
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Green Medicine Anti-flu Syrup Sales Increase
in Cuba
CIENFUEGOS, Cuba,
Jun 9 (acn) Asmaran, an anti-influenza syrup produced in central
Cienfuegos province is having great acceptance in the population,
with sales surpassing the 2,500 bottle mark on monthly basis. |
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Exhibition of Photos of Protected Areas for World Environment Day
CAMAGUEY, Cuba, Jun 4 (acn)
More than 100 photographs of a peculiar Cuban contest dedicated to
Nature are on display in this city, as part of the program of
activities to mark World Environment Day.
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Cuban
Immunization Program Has Saved Thousands
HAVANA, Cuba, June 3 (acn)
A Cuban national Immunization Program implemented since 1962 has
saved the lives of more than 23,000 children and has eliminated
nearly 13,000 cases of poliomyelitis in the Caribbean nation.
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No
Cases of Dengue in Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba,
June 3 (acn) Cuba is free of dengue, thanks to the epidemiological
surveillance system and to the Aedes aegypti control program, which
includes the continuous participation of the population. |
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Water
Control to be Automated at Cuba’s Largest River Basin
BAYAMO, Cuba, Jun 3 (acn)
Cuba’s largest hydrographic basin, located around the longest Cuban
river, Cauto, in the eastern part of the country, will have an
automated system to register accurately the rain levels in order to
prevent flooding. |
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UN Praises
Epidemiologic Vigilance in Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 3 (acn)Lea
Guido, representative of the Pan-American and the World Health
organizations (PHO-WHO), recognized the efforts made in Cuba in the
area of epidemiologic vigilance, and said it should be an example
for the rest of the world.
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Cuban
Scientists Win Pan American Prize for Excellence
HAVANA, Cuba, June 2 (acn)
The Pan American Marine Biotechnology Association (PAMBA) awarded
its 2008 Scientific Prize for Excellence to the Cuban Aquatic
Biotechnology team for their research on a molecule that stimulates
growth in aquatic organisms.
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Cuban Province Marks International Children's Day Celebrating Low
Infant Mortality Rate
HOLGUIN, Cuba, June 1 (acn)
The Cuban province of Holguin has an added reason to celebrate
International Children's Day as the infant mortality rate in this
eastern province of Cuba in May was just 3.6 per one thousand live
births.
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Plaque to Pay Homage to Cuban Scientist Unveiled
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 1 (acn)
A plaque to pay homage to late Cuban scientist Maria Elena Ibarra,
renowned fighter for the preservation of the environment, will be
unveiled this June 5th at the Alejandro de Humboldt House in this
capital.
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Cuban
Official: No New Cases of A/H1N1 Influenza
HAVANA, Cuba, June 1 (acn)
Cuban Deputy Health Minister Luis Estruch Rancaño said today that
there are no cases of influenza A/H1N1 at this moment in Cuba,
however the epidemiological system continues to be activated.
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Cuban
Congress to Discuss the A H1N1 Virus
HAVANA, Cuba,
May 30 (acn) The A H1N1 virus will be one of the main issues on the
agenda of the 7th Cuban Congress on Microbiology and Parasitology,
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First
Tropical Depression of the Season Formed
HAVANA, Cuba,
May 28 (acn) Cuban news agency now broadcast the Advisory Number 1
issued by the Cuban Weather Forecast Center of Institute of
Meteorology: |
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Cuba
Introduces New Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery
HAVANA, Cuba,
May 27 (acn) A new French minimal access surgery technique in
orthopaedics for feet problems was introduced in Cuba as of May 27,
stated an expert from the archipelago. |
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National
Network on Infertility to Be Organized in Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, May 26 (acn)
A National Network on Infertility will be set up in Cuba with the
objective of strengthening specialized care for infertile patients
from primary care to the highest levels of treatment, announced an
expert from the island.
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Cuban Initiative Feasible, says FAO expert
HAVANA, Cuba, May 25 (acn)
Dr Enedina Lucas Viñuela, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Consultant, dubbed as feasible the Cuban initiative of involving
national entities in the analyses relating to food risks. |
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Cuba
Boasts Low Mortality Rate of Children with Leukemia
HAVANA, Cuba, May 22 (acn)
Contrary to the sad situation existing in Cuba before the 1959
triumph of the Cuban Revolution, today 70 percent of children with
acute leukemia, the most common kind of cancer in children, are
saved.
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Cuba
Among First Countries to Apply Live Cell Therapy in Gum Diseases
HAVANA, Cuba,
May 22 (acn) Cuba is one of the first countries to successfully
apply stem cells in the treatment of gum diseases, said Cuban
scientist Porfirio Hernandez. |
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Cuba Close to Reaching
1,500 Centenarians
HAVANA, Cuba, May 22 (acn)
Cuba's elderly care programs have helped the country reach 1,488
citizens over the age of 100.
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Cuba’s Voluntary Blood
Donation Efforts Highlighted
HAVANA, Cuba May 20 (acn)
Cuba is known to be one of the most efficient countries in the
voluntary collection of blood in Latin America, Mario Pichardo, a
consultant in systems and services of the Pan American Health
Organization (PAHO), said as he attended the Hematology 2009
conference in Havana.
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Treatment for
Hemophilia Patients Guaranteed in Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba,
May 20 (acn) Cuba guarantees free treatment to the nearly 400
patients with hemophilia across the country with medicines that are
either domestically produced or imported, said the president of the
CubanHematology Society, Dr. Jose Manuel Ballester in statements to
ACN.
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