Science

Cuba is celebrating World Water Day with the development of new collaborative projects with foreign governments and organizations, aimed at solving problems in the management of water resources across the country.»

Participants in the 15th Congress of Computer Science in Education called for a greater socialization of knowledge through school networks as part of strategies for cooperation and integration.»

The Ninth International Conference on Health Informatics was inaugurated here today with a conference on the challenges of Cuba in the application of new technologies in medicine.»

INFORMATICA 2013 opened this Monday in Havana,  with the attendance of experts from some 30 countries.»

The 52nd Anti-polio Vaccination Campaign was started this Friday in Sancti Spiritus, the first stage of which will be concluded next March 7th.»

The President of Peru, Ollanta Humala, announced today an increased presence of his country in Antarctica, during a visit to Machu Picchu base located in that continent.»

The World Health Organization (WHO) stressed the advancement of Cuba’s biotechnology to fight cancer, which is the second major cause of death on the island after cardiovascular diseases.»

Outstanding scientific and technological achievements on areas such as biotechnology, agriculture, education, and health are being tackled at a three-day forum underway in Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba.»

In Cuba, everyone has a family doctor, health services are absolutely free, and authorization to access them is unnecessary, says an article published in The New England Journal of Medicine.»

The Molecular Immunology Center of Cuba (CIM) has just patented a new therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of lung cancer, said Ana Maria Vazquez, a specialist of that institution.»