Ghana, Cuba sign agreement to renew health cooperation

By Adam Abu-Bashal

ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) - Cuba and Ghana signed an agreement to renew medical cooperation between the two countries, the Cuban embassy said Wednesday.

According to a press release from the embassy in Ghana’s capital city Accra, the deal allows for the provision of health care services in Ghana by Cuban medical brigades.

The agreement was signed by Ghana’s Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu and Cuban Ambassador Pedro Luis Despaigne Gonzalez on behalf of Cuban Minister of Public Health Jose Angel Portal Miranda, the statement added.

*Writing by Ahmet Gencturk