Cuba’s solidarity with the world

For more than 60 years, Cuba has brought its solidarity to the world through medical missions, educational programmes and emergency aid. Explore the map to discover this history, country by country.

Complete list (126)
Algeria

Health professionals: 3,699

Andorra

Health professionals: 39

COVID pandemic response.

Angola

Health professionals: 16,500

Teachers: 10,000

Anguilla

Health professionals: 5

COVID pandemic response.

Antigua & Barbuda

Health professionals: 308

COVID pandemic response.

Argentina

Health professionals: 9

Teachers: 10

Operación Milagro and Yo, sí puedo.

Armenia

Health professionals: 108

Relief after the earthquake.

Aruba

Health professionals: 1

Australia

Health professionals: 1

Teachers: 1

Aboriginal adult literacy.

Azerbaijan

Health professionals: 235

Bahamas

Health professionals: 79

Teachers: 130

Bahrain

Health professionals: 148

Barbados

Health professionals: 207

COVID pandemic response.

Belarus

Health professionals: 3

Belize

Health professionals: 617

Benin

Health professionals: 9

Bhutan

Health professionals: 17

Bolivia

Health professionals: 8,271

Teachers: 130

Health care and Yo, sí puedo literacy.

Botswana

Health professionals: 1,138

Brazil

Health professionals: 20,713

Teachers: 13

Mais Médicos and Sim, eu posso (Yo, sí puedo).

British Virgin Islands

Health professionals: 55

COVID pandemic response.

Burkina Faso

Health professionals: 255

Burundi

Health professionals: 10

Cambodia

Health professionals: 40

Cape Verde

Health professionals: 206

Caribbean Netherlands

Health professionals: 2

Chad

Health professionals: 60

Chile

Health professionals: 137

Relief after the earthquake.

China

Health professionals: 100

Relief after the Sichuan earthquake.

Colombia

Health professionals: 16

Congo - Brazzaville

Health professionals: 500

Congo - Kinshasa

Health professionals: 8

Curaçao

Health professionals: 2

Djibouti

Health professionals: 213

Dominica

Health professionals: 287

COVID pandemic response.

Dominican Republic

Health professionals: 16

Ecuador

Health professionals: 1,450

Teachers: 52

Adult literacy with Yo, sí puedo.

El Salvador

Health professionals: 160

Relief after Tropical Storm Ida.

Equatorial Guinea

Health professionals: 984

Teachers: >240

Eritrea

Health professionals: 273

Eswatini

Health professionals: 179

Fiji

Health professionals: 2

Communicable disease control.

France

Health professionals: 15

COVID pandemic response.

Gabon

Health professionals: 271

Gambia

Health professionals: 1,576

Teachers: 29

Germany

Health professionals: 1

Ghana

Health professionals: 1,228

Teachers: 11

Grenada

Health professionals: 192

Guatemala

Health professionals: 11,327

Teachers: 22

Guinea

Health professionals: 2,000

Health response to Ebola.

Guinea-Bissau

Health professionals: 167

Teachers: 34

Guyana

Health professionals: 3,700

Haiti

Health professionals: 14,308

Medical relief after the earthquake.

Honduras

Health professionals: 960

Teachers: 112

Indonesia

Health professionals: 160

Relief after tsunamis and earthquakes.

Iran

Health professionals: 39

Iraq

Health professionals: 378

Italy

Health professionals: 478

COVID pandemic response.

Jamaica

Health professionals: 4,700

Teachers: 72

COVID pandemic response.

Japan

Health professionals: 1

Kenya

Health professionals: 155

Kiribati

Health professionals: 119

Kosovo

Health professionals: 11

Kuwait

Health professionals: 397

Hospital care during the COVID pandemic.

Laos

Health professionals: 25

Hospital care during wartime.

Lesotho

Health professionals: 113

Liberia

Health professionals: 55

Health response to Ebola.

Libya

Health professionals: 650

Maldives

Health professionals: 17

Mali

Health professionals: 400

Martinique

Doctors: 15

COVID pandemic response.

Mauritania

Health professionals: 181

Mauritius

Health professionals: 1

Mexico

Health professionals: 4,040

Teachers: 50

Mongolia

Health professionals: 7

Diabetic foot-care training.

Montserrat

Health professionals: 24

Mozambique

Health professionals: 1,266

Teachers: Up to 120

Namibia

Health professionals: 2,026

Teachers: 6

Nauru

Health professionals: 52

Nepal

Health professionals: 48

Relief after the earthquakes.

Nicaragua

Health professionals: 3,571

Teachers: ≈5,000

Niger

Health professionals: 184

Nigeria

Health professionals: 37

Oman

Health professionals: 6

Pakistan

Health professionals: 2,573

Relief after the earthquake.

Palestine

Doctors trained in Cuba: 53

Medical-training scholarships.

Panama

Health professionals: 266

COVID pandemic response.

Paraguay

Health professionals: 102

Peru

Health professionals: 448

Portugal

Health professionals: 130

Qatar

Health professionals: 3,448

Russia

Health professionals: 1

Rwanda

Health professionals: 80

São Tomé & Príncipe

Health professionals: 142

Saudi Arabia

Health professionals: 1,067

Seychelles

Health professionals: 502

Sierra Leone

Health professionals: 238

Health response to Ebola.

Slovakia

Health professionals: 4

Medical training and experimental treatment.

Solomon Islands

Health professionals: 12

South Africa

Health professionals: 1,552

Teachers: 6

COVID pandemic response.

Sri Lanka

Health professionals: 32

St. Kitts & Nevis

Health professionals: 130

COVID pandemic response.

St. Lucia

Health professionals: 303

St. Vincent & Grenadines

Health professionals: 163

COVID pandemic response.

Sudan

Health professionals: 1

Suriname

Health professionals: 170

COVID pandemic response.

Switzerland

Health professionals: 1

Syria

Health professionals: 27

Care for people wounded in war.

Tanzania

Health professionals: 124

Timor-Leste

Health professionals: 1,500

Teachers: 11

Togo

Doctors: 11

COVID pandemic response.

Trinidad & Tobago

Health professionals: 1,200

Intensive care during the COVID pandemic.

Türkiye

Health professionals: 35

Relief after the earthquake.

Turks & Caicos Islands

Health professionals: 33

COVID pandemic response.

Tuvalu

Health professionals: 7

Uganda

Health professionals: 22

Ukraine

Health professionals: 43

United Arab Emirates

Health professionals: 700

United Kingdom

Health professionals: 5

United States

Health professionals: 2

Medical assistance was offered after Hurricane Katrina and declined by the United States.

Uruguay

Health professionals: 193

Ophthalmology care.

Vanuatu

Health professionals: 25

Venezuela

Health professionals: 230,000

Teachers: 70

Western Sahara

Health professionals: 500

Teachers: 8

Yemen

Health professionals: 168

Teachers: 12

Medical teaching and research.

Zambia

Health professionals: 623

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