This archive report was first published on 18 July 2020.
On July 17, 2020, Kenya welcomed a team of 20 specialized Cuban doctors to support the country's ongoing efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, the doctors will be based at the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH) and will specialize in internal medicine, oncology, cardiology, renal, and pediatrics.
“With the COVID-19 cases rising, these specialized doctors will go a long way in supporting our doctors in managing the disease and also in exchanging skilled development,” Kagwe said.
The doctors are part of the Brigade of Henry Reeve, a contingent of doctors specialized in Disaster Situations and Epidemics, and will offer their services in Kenya for a period of three months with a possible extension for another three months.
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta facilitated the coming of the doctors, making a personal phone call to his Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel to bring in the medical team.
Kenya and Cuba have a long-standing partnership in the field of medicine, with Kenya having facilitated the training of Cuban doctors in the country.
