SLP, Mexico.- The Government of India donated medicines to his Cuban counterpart, in the midst of a serious supply crisis in which more than 70% of essential drugs are absent.
A release The spokesperson for the Minister of Foreign Affairs of India, Randhir Jaiswal, specified that the shipment contains antibiotics, antipyretics, pain relievers, oral rehydration salts and muscle relaxants.
“After the passage of Hurricane Rafael, today a shipment of medications essential,” he announced on platform X, without detailing the volume of the shipment.
Vishwabandhu Bharat: sends Humanitarian Assistance for the people of Cuba.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Rafael, a consignment in the form of Essential Medicines comprising Antibiotics, Anti-pyretics, Pain Killers, ORS, Muscle Relaxants has departed for Cuba today.
— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) January 10, 2025
“The contribution to the island of the South Asian nation shows the close ties that both countries have, which this year celebrate the 65th anniversary of their diplomatic ties,” he wrote. Latin Press in a report, without referring to the pharmaceutical crisis that Cuba is going through.
According to official information, at the end of 2024 of the 651 products that make up the Basic Table of Medicines, 461 were between total lack and low coverage, which implies that more than 70% of essential drugs are not available for Cubans.
Where do drug donations go?
In June 2024, it had sent the regime 90 tons of raw materials to manufacture medicines.
The batch of humanitarian assistance to Cuba included nine active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) manufactured in the South Asian country.
Cuban manufacturers would use the donation to produce essential antibiotics in the dosage form of tablets, capsules, syrups and injections, necessary for the treatment of chronic communicable diseases, according to the official press.
The Indian Foreign Ministry said on that occasion that the donation “reinforces India’s status as the Pharmacy of the World and underlines its commitment to the historic friendship with Cuba, whose formal diplomatic ties will celebrate 65 years in 2025.”
Despite that and other donations of medical suppliesespecially from allied countries such as Russia, China, Nicaragua and Venezuela, The health crisis continues to affect the Cuban peoplewho has to go to the informal market and purchase the medicines they find at exorbitant prices; Therefore, Cubans presume that these donations go to pharmacies in foreign currency, clinics for foreigners and leaders.
