The Gambia and Cuba renewed agreement on Cooperation in the field of health which was signed by minister of health and Cuban ambassador here, Rubén G. Abelenda.
The two countries have been sharing mutual cooperation for decades now where Cuba offers support to the country’s health sector by assigning its doctors and medical staffs of Greater Antilles provide medical care in the country.
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.
