China is consolidated as the main supplier of medical supplies for the health system of Cuba after the signing of five medical service contracts between the two countries, official means reported Thursday.
Cooperation transcended during the international event Cuba Health 2025which concludes this Thursday in Havana.
Within the framework of the meeting, 15 agreements were also signed between Chinese companies and the Cuban Medical Services marketerwith the aim of promoting health tourism on the island, according to the agency Latin press.
Some 20 companies of the Asian giant participated in this edition of Cuba Health, the largest scientific-business quote in the sector in the country.
The Cuban Minister of Public healthJosé Angel Portal Miranda, underlined the willingness of Cuba “to continue strengthening, diversifying and deepening cooperation with the People’s Republic of China, in the field of health.”
During the event, it transpired that a total of 666 Chinese professionals prepared in Cuba until 2018as a sample of academic exchange and bilateral institutional cooperation, he said Latin press.
@jortalmiranda : “On behalf of Cuba, I reiterate our commitment to these purposes and our willingness to continue strengthening, diversifying and deepening cooperation with the People’s Republic of China, in the field of health”
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– Ministry of Public Health of Cuba (@minasapcuba) April 23, 2025
This year, the event was dedicated to China, one of the closest politicians and the second business partner of Cuba.
Although each of the agreements were not detailed, it was known that one of the new projects proposes to create a medical university in the Chinese province of Hebei with a Integrated hospital that will combine artificial intelligence with Cuban clinical knowledge.
China, Allied with Cuba in the health sector
Cuba Health 2025 He gathered about 3,000 delegates from 50 countries and had a commercial fair and several simultaneous congresses.
As the Cuban Foreign Ministry had announced, several Chinese companies They were looking for cooperation and business agreements on health issues during the event.
At the beginning of the week, the president of the Medicuba company, Armando Garrido, had stressed that the fair would be “the most important commercial fair in the sector in which we will receive some 11 companies from China”. However, the number of Chinese companies in the event has been higher, according to EFE.
The event puts the Cuba bet for health and biotechnology as strategic sectorsin the face of the economic difficulties he faces.
During the pandemic, Cuba managed to develop and apply own vaccines against the COVID-19applied in different countries.
However, the deep economic crisis has affected the availability of supplies and medicationsweakening the scope of the public health system, which the Cuban government considers a fundamental right.
Thus, in that scenario, China has become a fundamental partnernot only with medical supplies and food, but also with the sending of photovoltaic units to mitigate the energy crisis that the island crosses.
