Cuba Health Minister Dr. José Angel Portal Miranda, during the 73rd World Health Assembly. (Photo: MINSAP). Dear General Director, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus; Distinguished Ministers of Health, COVID-19 is a global challenge, which does not distinguish borders, ideologies or levels of development, testing health systems around the world and our …»
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