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Around the world with socialism's medical missionaries
As part of the Cuba60 celebrations, the Cuba Solidarity Campaign is hosting a speaking tour by DR ENMANUEL VIGIL FONSECA, a volunteer in Cuba’s Henry Reeve emergency medical brigade
Cuba's Dr Enmanuel Fonseca in a makeshift surgery in Ecuador
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FROM June 8-24, Dr Vigil Fonseca will be talking about his experiences as part of Cuba’s world renowned “Henry Reeve International Team of Medical Specialists in Disasters & Epidemics.”
The Henry Reeve Brigade has achieved international recognition over the last 14 years for its work in more than 20 countries during emergency and disaster situations.
Notable examples include the Pakistan earthquake in 2006, where Cubans treated 73 per cent of all victims; the Haiti earthquake in 2010, when Cuban teams already working on the island were the first on the scene; and in West Africa in 2014, responding to a World Health Organisation call on Cuba to provide doctors to help bring the epidemic under control.
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