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Half Million of Latin Americans
Recover Vision in Cuba
Over half a million of Latin
Americans recovered their vision
thanks to an ophthalmologic
program Operacion Milagros
developed between Cuba and
Venezuela since 2004.
Among those receiving the
benefits there are 306 thousand
Venezuelans and 100 thousand
Cubans, expressed the Island
Deputy Foreign Minister Yiliam
Jimenez to the full session of
the 9 International Meeting on
Globalization and Development
Problems.
According to the report of the
National Information Agency
Jimenez described the large
cooperation program the Cuban
Revolution has in education,
health and other spheres with
the so-called Third World,
without expecting anything in
return.
He also emphasized that in the
late seven years of
collaboration the medical groups
have made over 304 million of
medical consultations in 69
countries.
Meanwhile they safe lives of
nearly 600 thousand lives, 5.6
over those that were lost in the
Central American catastrophe,
Sri Lanka, Pakistan and
Indonesia, he said.
Cuban doctors have also operated
over 2 million 100 thousand
patients.
He also noted that as part of
the cooperation of Cuba with
other countries over 28 young
people from 120 States are
studying in universities, most
of them doing medicine.
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