In
2015, the brigade was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Cuba’s
Henry Reeve International Contingent of Doctors Specializing in
Disasters and Serious Epidemics is being recognized once again: the
medical team is set to receive this week the Dr. Lee Jong-wook
Memorial Prize for Public Health from the World Health Organization.
The
internationalist brigade is being recognized for its solidarity work
throughout the world, as well its outstanding contribution to public
health.
In
particular, WHO is commending the team’s work in combatting the
Ebola virus in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, where Cuba had sent
more than 250 workers when the crisis peaked in 2015. For their work
there, they were also nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2015.
Currently,
the brigade is in Peru, helping the thousands affected by deadly
rains and flooding for the better part of this year.
The Cuban
Minister of Public Health Roberto Morales Ojeda will head the Cuban
delegation to the 70th World Health Assembly, where the brigade will
receive its award Friday.
Morales
Ojeda will also participate in meetings with health ministers of the
member countries of the Non-Aligned Movement, according to a
statement from Cuba’s Permanent Mission to Geneva.
The Henry
Reeve Brigade was first created by the late revolutionary leader
Fidel Castro on Sept. 19, 2005. Its first missions were in Guatemala
and Pakistan, countries that faced the consequences of a hurricane
and a devastating earthquake, respectively.
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