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Cuba offered 1000 scholarships in medicine for Pakistani students. The project was handed over to Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, which selected the students from all over the country. The first batch of approximately 312 students arrived Cuba in February 2007 and the second batch joined them the following year.
Cuba currently hosts 3432 medical students from 23 nations studying in Havana. [28] Cuba has also provided state subsidized education to foreign nationals under specific programs, including U.S. students who are trained as doctors at the Latin American School of Medicine. The program provides for full scholarships, including accommodation, and ...
Cuba's medical aid to Pacific countries has involved sending its doctors to Oceania, and providing scholarships for Pacific students to study medicine in Cuba at Cuba's expense. [citation needed] In 2007, there were sixteen Cuban doctors providing specialised medical care in Kiribati, and an additional sixteen scheduled to join them. [28]
The ministry sponsored students to study abroad free of charge by giving them scholarships. [2] In June 2017, the state government announced the scholarship opportunities for 30 candidates to study Medicine, Nursing and Health Technology-related and other courses in Cuba to fill the gap in the health sector. [1]
Like students from the other 28 countries represented at the school, US students, in exchange for a full scholarship, pledge to return to practice in underserved communities throughout the US. MEDICC aims to aid graduates by offering the Mnisi Fellowship [22] which covers the cost of the US medical boards and preparatory courses for the exam.
Cuba's medical aid to Pacific countries has been two-pronged, consisting of sending doctors to Oceania, and providing scholarships for Pacific students to study medicine in Cuba at Cuba's expense. There are currently sixteen doctors providing specialised medical care in Kiribati, with sixteen more scheduled to join them. [ 17 ]
Since the end of Cuban military involvement in Ethiopia; relations between nations have remained close. The Cuban government has maintained annually an allocation of scholarships to Ethiopian students to study in Cuba, in different specialties. More than 5,000 Ethiopian students have graduated from Cuban universities since the 1970s. [2]
In recent years Cuba has offered scholarships to students in Barbados to attend its medical schools such as Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina (ELAM). Barbados in 2019 exported US$6,840 worth of goods to Cuba with the largest export being hard liquor.