Ebola epidemic in Africa: Cuban medical experience in this international health emergency (VI)

Authors

  • Rafael Rufino Corona Pérez University of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara.

Keywords:

hemorrhagic fever, ebola, disaster sanitation, disaster emergencias, international assistance in disaster, education, medical

Abstract

After the preparation of the Cuban professionals with the evaluation of the World Health Organization that authorized the work in the hospitals for the treatment of Ebola and with the termination of the English hospital of Kerry Town, the brigade began to fight the epidemic on the 5th of November 2014; progressively more compatriots were added as other hospitals were completed. At the end of December, the entire brigade was working together with the native staff, without any other foreign participation. The cooperation between the World Health Organization, the Ministry of Health of Sierra Leone, the decisive support of the Cuban embassy, the Ebola confrontation center of the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba and the organization of its Party are exposed Communist for the benefit of efficient integral attention that would allow the successful fulfillment of the mission proposed by humanity in times of contingency.

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Author Biography

Rafael Rufino Corona Pérez, University of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara.

Doctor in medicine. Specialist of I Degree in General Hygiene and II in Organization in Public Health. Master in Hygiene and Epidemiology. Assistant Professor and Consultant.

Published

2018-07-01

How to Cite

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Corona Pérez RR. Ebola epidemic in Africa: Cuban medical experience in this international health emergency (VI). EDUMEC [Internet]. 2018 Jul. 1 [cited 2025 Jul. 3];10(3):215-2. Available from: https://revedumecentro.sld.cu/index.php/edumc/article/view/1198

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Section

COMUNICACIÓN