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Cuba sends doctors to Botswana
Mmegi,
Botswana, May 30, 2006.
Havana: Minister of Foreign Affairs and
International Cooperation, Mompati Merafhe,
thanked Cuba for medical cooperation that
will soon bring 160 Cuban specialists to
Botswana.
During a meeting in Havana with Cuban deputy
Health Minister, Roberto Gonz‡lez,
Merafhe highlighted the work of Cuban doctors
which, he said, has greatly contributed
to improve quality of life in Botswana.
The minister also announced the creation
of a school of medicine in Botswana with
the support of Cuban specialists. He noted
that education, health care and sanitation
are currently the three top priorities in
his country.
Gonzalez briefed Merafhe on the progress
achieved by the Cuban public health sector
after the triumph of the revolution in 1959.
Cuba and Botswana established collaboration
agreements in June1989 when the first Cuban
medical brigade of 11 doctors came to Botswana.
At present, 14 youths from Botswana are
studying on the island, while 94 Cuban medical
specialists have already saved the lives
of over 5.3 thousand patients there. (AIN)
© Mmegi,
2002
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