PHOTOS: Cuba Delegation Comes to HHS

Cuba Delegation Comes to HHS

April 21, 2016

By: HHS Office of Global Affairs (OGA)

HHS often has important visitors who are interested in our health initiatives and scientific research. But a group of visitors last month was most unusual. The HHS Office of Global Affairs hosted a historic delegation from Cuba: Vice Minister for Public Health José Angel Portal Miranda, along with health sector leaders and representatives from the Cuban embassy, met with HHS and Department of State officials for the first time since President Obama announced significant moves to normalize relations with Cuba.
The week-long trip, which included visits to NIH in Bethesda and then to CDC headquarters in Atlanta, focused on deepening scientific and public health cooperation between the United States and Cuba. Immediate areas of possible collaboration include expanding research, monitoring and responding to infectious diseases like Zika and dengue, and treating and addressing non-communicable diseases like cancer and diabetes.
See some photos of the historic visit:


PHOTOS: Cuba Delegation Comes to HHS