Cuba

Cuba Expands Ophthalmologic Cooperation With China

11 April 2006

CUBAN NEWS AGENCY (HAVANA)--Cuba and China undertook a health cooperation program aimed at improving ophthalmologic care in the western region of China. The agreement, signed in the Chinese province of Qinghai, declares the objective of creating an ophthalmologic medical center with the help of Cuban specialists. Created in March 2005, the Cuban Medical Services group is "an instrument for the Cuban government and revolution's foreign medical policy," and as a vehicle to promote “free and/or subsidized cooperation, the training of national and foreign experts, scientific research, and for the organization of the International Henry Reeve Medical Brigade.” Source: http://www.ain.cubaweb.cu/idioma/ingles/2006/abr11cuba-china.htm (Reliability: 6)