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“In the medical response to Ebola, Cuba is punching far above its weight,” the Washington Post wrote on Saturday.
While the rest of the world has been accused of “slacking off” in the global effort to combat Ebola, Cuba, a country of 11 million, has become a central provider of medical expertise in the Western African nations grappling with the disease.
On Thursday, 165 Cuban health professionals arrived in Freetown, Sierra Leone to join the international campaign to contain and treat Ebola. The group was the largest contingent to arrive from any foreign country, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). After receiving training to deal with the virus, approximately 296 Cuban doctors and nurses will be dispatched to Liberia and Guinea …. http://www.telesurtv.net