EBOLA

Three people were reported dead and another five tested positive for the Ebola virus in southeastern Guinea»

A new UN report praised Cuba’s outstanding achievements in education and science on Wednesday, highlighting its medical efforts to combat the Ebola virus in several African countries.»

Cuba emphasized in Geneva the importance of the creation of capacities, aimed at strengthening sustainable systems to face new outbreaks of Ebola.»

For the first time since March, 2014, the World Health Organization reported Wednesday the end of an entire week without cases of Ebola, the epidemic responsible for over 11,000 deaths in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.»

Cuba President Raul Castro sent a letter of recognition to the Cuban doctors who worked in African countries, acknowledging their altruism and courage.»

Residents of Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba, warmly welcomed the three health workers who, for nearly six months, worked in African countries fighting Ebola. Dr. Miguel Sacerio Caballero, and nurses Francisco Prada Morales, and Julio César Gómez Ramírez returned to their home province with the satisfaction of having helped to reduce mortality due to a disease that turned into epidemics in »

All Cuban health professionals working in Sierra Leone fighting Ebola epidemics have returned after staying for six months in that African nation, media stressed today.»

Afer having fulfilled a successful mission fighting Ebola in Africa, 150 Cuban medical professionals returned home, 98 of them worked in Sierra Leone and 52 in Liberia.»

The Second International Course for the prevention and fighting Ebola runs from Monday until next Saturday at Pedro Kouri Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK) in Havana.»

Cuban Health Ministry announced the death from malaria on Saturday of Cuban nurse Reinaldo Villafranca, who was working with the internationalist medical brigade that is fighting the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone.»