More than one hundred Cuban medical professionals have returned to Jamaica to work in health facilities across the island.
Health Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton, provided the update at the weekly post-Cabinet media briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on Wednesday.
In March of this year, Jamaica’s longstanding Technical Cooperation Programme in Health with Cuba was discontinued.
This, as both Governments were unable to agree on the terms and conditions of a new arrangement following the expiration of the previous agreement in February 2023.
Dr. Tufton says the number of Cuban medical professionals in the system now stands at 200.
Dr Christopher Tufton, Minister of Health and Wellness.
Last week, 43 Ghanian specialist nurses arrived in the country as part of a four-year agreement between Jamaica and Ghana signed in May.
They will be assigned to several public hospitals across the island.
Dr. Tufton says other partnerships are currently being explored with governments to include Nigeria and the Philippines.
