Kerala and Cuba on Thursday agreed to cooperate with one another within the fields of well being and sports activities, a collaboration which is geared toward enhancing these sectors of the state.

The resolution to cooperate with one another in these two sectors was arrived at within the conferences between Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and prime Cuban officers within the well being and sports activities fields, an announcement issued by the CM’s workplace (CMO) stated.

In the assembly held with senior well being officers of Cuba, the CM and the delegation led by him stated that the Cuban well being system was world-renowned within the fields of public well being care, tropical drugs, neuroscience analysis, molecular immunology and most cancers therapy, the CMO assertion stated.

The assembly was held with the president of BioCubaFarma, a Cuban organisation of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries, Eduardo Martínez Díaz, Director General of the National Center for Neurosciences (CNEURO) Dr Mitchell Valdes Sosa and Director General of the Center for Molecular Immunology (CIM) Eduardo Ojito Magus in Havana, it stated.

During the discussions, the delegation from Kerala famous that Cuban biotechnology and prescribed drugs have made nice strides in producing medicine and medical gadgets with worldwide requirements and subsequently, cooperation on this sector would result in spectacular modifications within the state’s well being sector, the assertion stated.

Vijayan, in the course of the discussions, welcomed world participation and funding in health-related sectors and expressed curiosity in establishing a vaccine manufacturing facility in Kerala in collaboration with BioCubaFarma, it stated.

The CM assured the Cuban officers that circumstances might be created for cooperation and steady trade of concepts between well being establishments in Cuba and Kerala and expressed hope that the connection on this sector could be maintained for a very long time by annual workshops and different acti, the CMO assertion stated.

A working group might be fashioned with officers from Kerala and Cuba for additional steps and it will likely be headed by the Principal Secretary of the Health Department in Kerala, it stated.

The Chief Minister additionally stated {that a} Cuban delegation led by consultants might be invited to Kerala for additional discussions relating to the well being, analysis and building sectors, the assertion stated.

Regarding the cooperation within the sports activities sector, Vijayan was of the view that it might assist in development of sports activities in Kerala, it stated.

In the assembly with Raul Fornes Valenciano, Vice President of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation in Cuba, an settlement was reached on offering Cuban help for development of Kerala’s sports activities sector, the assertion stated.

”It was agreed to take vital selections as quickly as attainable to carry coaches from Cuba to coach Kerala athletes in volleyball, judo and track-and-field occasions.

”Possibilities of organising on-line chess matches between Kerala and Cuba had been additionally explored and the CM additionally expressed curiosity in sending Kerala athletes to Cuba for coaching,” the CMO assertion stated.

Valenciano, whereas talking of Cuba’s willingness to cooperate within the improvement of sports activities in Kerala, additionally mentioned with Vijayan the potential of trade programmes, it stated.

Vijayan, who’s on a tour to the US and Cuba, reached the Latin American nation for a two-day go to on Thursday.

He is accompanied by Kerala Finance Minister Okay N Balagopal, State Health Minister Veena George and senior bureaucrats.

Vijayan and the delegation led by him had been obtained on the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana by the Deputy Governor of Havana and the Indian Ambassador to Cuba, a CMO assertion stated.

Vijayan might be assembly varied dignitaries and visiting locations of historic significance, together with the Jose Marti Memorial, throughout his two-day journey to Cuba, the assertion stated.

He had left for Cuba on Wednesday after concluding his almost week-long US go to.

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