MADRID, Spain.- The doctor in Health Sciences and former Minister of Higher Education of Cuba, Juan Vela Valdés, died this April 27 in Havana, at the age of 77.
The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP), upon break the newspointed out that “medicine, public health, higher medical education and the Cuban Revolution have suffered a great loss.”
In an official note published on its website, the MINSAP highlighted moments of Vela Valdés at the service of the Government of Cuba, among which stands out having been Rector of the University of Havana and Minister of Higher Education.
In addition, Juan Vela Valdés “was regional director of Public Health of Baracoa and Guantánamo; Provincial Director of Public Health of the Province of Camagüey; Founding Rector of the University of Camagüey, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Higher Education and Rector of the Higher Institute of Medical Sciences of Havana”.
He was also a member of the Council of the United Nations University and president of the Organizing Committee of the First Integrated Conference “Latin American University and Population Health”, added the health authorities.
Among his titles, the Ministry of Public Health mentions: Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America; Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Sinaloa in Mexico, Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Camagüey and the Commemorative Medal “Of Literacy”.
“All these high awards obtained throughout his years of life, did not diminish his modesty, his humility, his sense of duty, his good sense, his decency, his love for our land, his human conditions,” adds the note. informative.
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