{"id":1710,"date":"2020-05-06T15:15:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T15:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=1710"},"modified":"2020-05-06T15:16:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T15:16:20","slug":"uns-website-highlights-medical-students-efforts-in-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/uns-website-highlights-medical-students-efforts-in-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"UN\u2019s website highlights medical students\u2019 efforts in Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/unwebsite.jpg?resize=747%2C497&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1711\" width=\"747\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/unwebsite.jpg?w=748&amp;ssl=1 748w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/unwebsite.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">United Nations.- The story of two Sahrawis girls who study medicine in Cuba, and together with Cuban health professionals, help fight the new Covid-19 pandemic, are the headlines on the UN\u00b4s news website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instructed and guided by their professors, Umajutha and Maglaha, Saharawi medical student refugees, make a house-to-house screening by inquiring about inhabitants health conditions and giving some advice for preventing contagion, hygiene and social isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both medical students assure that this is their only way of thanking Cuba for giving them the opportunity to study medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Like many other young Sahrawis and from other parts of the world, including some of other refugees, Umajutha and Maglaha benefited from scholarships granted by Cuba to study medicine in the country.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UN news website posted that Umajutha and Maglaha know and apply all health standards to protect themselves in their community work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">source: Radio Reloj<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Nations.- The story of two Sahrawis girls who study medicine in Cuba, and together with Cuban health professionals, help fight the new Covid-19 pandemic,<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/uns-website-highlights-medical-students-efforts-in-cuba\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1711,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[43,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-opinions"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2561,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cuba-offers-free-medical-school-to-blacks-and-latinos\/","url_meta":{"origin":1710,"position":0},"title":"Cuba offers free medical school to blacks and latinos","author":"Editorial Team","date":"August 10, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"In September 2000, on a visit to New York City for\u00a0the Millennium Summit of the United Nations, Cuban president Fidel Castro announced in a speech that free medical education in Cuba would be granted to black and latino students from low-income communities in the US \u2013 with the condition that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cuba&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cuba","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/category\/cuba\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/cuban-medical-students.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8395,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/how-palestinians-are-becoming-doctors-in-cuba-for-free-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":1710,"position":1},"title":"How Palestinians Are Becoming Doctors in Cuba For Free","author":"Editorial Team","date":"February 26, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"What are the similarities between Cuba and Palestine? Cuba's medical internationalism is world-renowned but especially in Palestine. One of the largest contingents at Cuba's Latin American School of Medicine is from Palestine. BT's Kei Pritsker spoke to Palestinian students at ELAM about why they admire Cuba's medical solidarity so much.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cuba&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cuba","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/category\/cuba\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-02-25-at-23.56.03.png?fit=737%2C415&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-02-25-at-23.56.03.png?fit=737%2C415&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-02-25-at-23.56.03.png?fit=737%2C415&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2024-02-25-at-23.56.03.png?fit=737%2C415&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8355,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/how-palestinians-are-becoming-doctors-in-cuba-for-free\/","url_meta":{"origin":1710,"position":2},"title":"How Palestinians Are Becoming Doctors in Cuba For Free","author":"Editorial Team","date":"December 21, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Cuba's medical internationalism is world renowned but especially in Palestine. One of the largest contingents at Cuba's Latin American School of Medicine is from Palestine. BT's Kei Pritsker spoke to Palestinian students at ELAM about why they admire Cuba's medical solidarity so much.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Featured&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Featured","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/category\/news\/featured\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2023-12-21-at-11.21.58.png?fit=742%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2023-12-21-at-11.21.58.png?fit=742%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2023-12-21-at-11.21.58.png?fit=742%2C400&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2023-12-21-at-11.21.58.png?fit=742%2C400&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1157,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/meet-the-americans-studying-medicine-on-the-cuban-governments-dime\/","url_meta":{"origin":1710,"position":3},"title":"Meet the Americans Studying Medicine on the Cuban Government\u2019s Dime","author":"Editorial Team","date":"April 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The Cuban government has been paying Americans through a little known program to study medicine in order to return to the United States and serve underprivileged communities. March 31st, 2020 It\u2019s a medical school like no other: the largest of its kind in the world. The Latin American School of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cuba&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cuba","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/category\/cuba\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-01-at-15.32.35.png?fit=923%2C474&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-01-at-15.32.35.png?fit=923%2C474&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-01-at-15.32.35.png?fit=923%2C474&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-01-at-15.32.35.png?fit=923%2C474&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1413,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/covid-19-in-the-us-cuban-medicine-humanism-reaches-the-bronx\/","url_meta":{"origin":1710,"position":4},"title":"COVID-19 in the US: Cuban medicine humanism reaches the Bronx","author":"Editorial Team","date":"April 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"For Barber, medical care does not start with an ambulance transfer to the hospital, but with neighborhood organization The humanistic vocation learned at the Latin American School of Medicine of Cuba (ELAM) is what guides African-American doctor Melissa Barber today in her fight against Covid-19 in a community in New\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Covid-19&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Covid-19","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/category\/cuba\/covid-19\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/melissa-1-580x386-1.jpg?fit=580%2C386&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/melissa-1-580x386-1.jpg?fit=580%2C386&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/melissa-1-580x386-1.jpg?fit=580%2C386&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6567,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/meet-the-u-s-students-studying-medicine-for-free-in-cuba\/","url_meta":{"origin":1710,"position":5},"title":"Meet the U.S. Students Studying Medicine For Free in Cuba","author":"Editorial Team","date":"July 5, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"BT\u2019s Rania Khalek paid a visit to the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana, also known as ELAM. Cuba\u2019s socialist government foots the bill for students, who come from all over the world to study medicine for free. https:\/\/youtu.be\/h7g2T3BWg9E Source: Break through news","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Featured&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Featured","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/category\/news\/featured\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-07-05-at-23.41.40.png?fit=721%2C382&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-07-05-at-23.41.40.png?fit=721%2C382&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-07-05-at-23.41.40.png?fit=721%2C382&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2022-07-05-at-23.41.40.png?fit=721%2C382&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3xdTY-rA","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/unwebsite.jpg?fit=748%2C498&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}