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Statue of Cristo Redentor in Rio de Janeiro lit up to pay homage to Dia do Medico on October 18th, 2020. I received this message from Brasil. [08:20, 18/10/2020] :…
In just a few hours, the Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, begins. I have been feeling good thinking about my mischpochah: family scattered around the world, including USA Israel…
I am a Doctor without Borders, in the sense that I help with the little talent I have as a Pubic Health physician based on Endocrinology and Anthropology, in many…
In this photograph, taken at the Beth Shalom Synagogue in La Habana, you see Adela Zworin, the President of the Jewish Community of Cuba, along with the then President Raul…
Kindergarten students demonstrating the proper way to cough to their classmates in Bayamo, Cuba. They are dressed as Health Care Professionals. Cuba has one of the best PUBLIC HEALTH systems…
photos taken from the backyard of my sister's house in Miami. The sun sets later at this time of this year in Miami, around 8 15 pm and it is…
Cuba sends medical brigades to Kuwait and Guinea Conakry It makes the other countries feel SMALL that they are not WILLING to help poor countries and also countries in need…
TWO CUBAN DOCTORS BOTH 28 YEARS OF AGE ONE LEFT TO SERVE CORONA VIRUS PATIENTS IN ITALY, PROMISE TO STAY AS LONG AS NECESSARY IN THE LOMBARDY REGION TO HELP…
The little island of Cuba, despite being economically blockaded for six decades by the United States, is a shining light when it comes to International Humanitarian Medical help. Sri Lanka…
Today Mother’s Day is celebrated in Cuba, along with many other countries in this hemisphere and elsewhere. If you ask a Cuba, what is the most precious thing in their…
I have chosen to love three different countries other than my own: USA , Israel and Cuba. This is the story about the three of them. While hard hit countries…
101 nurses have left Cuba to assist Barbados in its fight against the Coronavirus. This brigade was unique in two ways. It was the first mission to Barbados from Cuba…
CUBAN MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO ANDORRA This morning I woke up to read the good news that Cuban Medical Brigade is in the tiny Pyrenean country of ANDORRA helping them with…
When I discuss the inhuman US blockade of Cuba for the past sixty years, many naive americans would say including the cunning politicians of miami fascist front that Cuba is…
Like the health care in Cuba where the psychological and physical are both stressed (also spiritual), in this crisis as well we have to pay attention to the physical aspects…
One of the actions of the Cuban Government that brings me pride is the International Medical Missions. A total of 59 countries benefit from this programme and I have personally…
We are passing through times that we had never imagined but sitting here at the sunset in Miami, I felt strangely calm. I felt connected to the entire world, as…
I enjoy this surrealistic life in Havana, Cuba . We go to a Pharmacy and the attendant is very warm and helpful, but the answer to: Do you have ...…
