Banjul,
Jan. 2 - The Gambia and Cuba renewed in this capital the Agreement on
Cooperation in the field of Health that both countries have maintained for
several decades, and through which doctors and medical staff of the Greater
Antilles provide medical care to the people of this nation of West Africa.
The
updated agreement was signed at the headquarters of the Gambian Ministry of
Health by its minister, Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, and the Cuban ambassador
here, Rubén G. Abelenda, in the presence of the head of the Medical Brigade of
the Caribbean Island, Anaris Marta I hate, and national officials.
Samateh
and Abelenda congratulated themselves on the renewal of the Health Agreement
and stated that their rubric evidences the positive state of relations between
both governments and peoples, twinned by their history, their roots, their
culture and a friendship based on respect, and mutual help.
The
beginning of Cuban medical cooperation in Gambia dates back to June 1996, when
38 employees arrived in Banjul in the Technical Assistance modality.
Three
years later, in 1999, the Comprehensive Health Program (PIS) was implemented in
the Gambia, being the first African country in which it materialized, with more
than 150 employees.
Also,
at the idea of the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro, the
Gambian Medicine School was created in 1999, also the first in this continent,
and that until now works with the support of professors from the Caribbean
nation.
