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Haitian President Decorates Cuban Medical Brigade.

CUBA, April 20th, 2011.- Haitian president, Rene Preval, decorated the Cuban medical brigade with the National Order of Honor and Merit. This highest distinction from the Caribbean nation was awarded this time for the praiseworthy work of the medical brigade in the struggle against cholera.
The ceremony was held at the presidential Palace in the capital, where the main authority of the state gave the award to Dr. Lorenzo Somarriba López, chief of the Cuban mission. The meeting was attended by Minister of Public Health and Population, Alex Larsen, representatives of the Haitian government and of international and non governmental organizations. The Cuban doctors have saved more than 73,000 people from the epidemics of cholera with the very low mortality rate of 0.37% (Cubaminrex - ACN-RHC)

 

 

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