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Margaret Chan impressed by Cuba’s
healthcare achievements
Director General of the World Health Organization
(WHO), Margaret Chan, expressed her great
satisfaction with Cuba’s many achievements in the
sphere of health, after inaugurating - together with
President Raúl Castro - the new Centre of State
Control of Medicines, Medical Equipment and Devices
(Cecmed); and the National Coordinating Centre of
Clinical Trails (Cencec), headquarters.
Chan emphasized the importance of combining, under
one roof, areas of work essential to scientific
development. “Cuba is the only country I have seen
which has a healthcare system closely linked to
closed-loop research and development. This is the
right direction to be moving in, because human
health can not improve without innovation,” she
highlighted.
She praised Cuban scientists, describing them as
dedicated people who have achieved astonishing
results within a difficult context given the
economic, financial and commercial blockade (imposed
by the United States for over 50 years) which Cuba
suffers from.
"I keep a special place in my heart for Cuba and
recognize the efforts of the Cuban government to
establish health as an essential pillar of
development,” stated Chan.
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