Cuban Experts in Ecuador for Studies on Disability

QUITO, June 30 (PL). — A group of Cuban specialists travelled to Ecuador on Tuesday to begin scientific studies on disability in the province of Cotopaxi the following day.

We’re talking about the "Manuela Espejo" mission of solidarity, which is part of the projects of the Revolution of the People, aimed at determining the number of disabled people in that Andean territory and the causes and possible solutions of the problem, highlighted Ecuadorean Vice-president Lenín Moreno on Monday

While presenting the program, the top official highlighted that Cuban and Ecuadorean specialists will work jointly to provide the nation with scientific bases on which actions and policies to prevent disabilities will be formulated.

He specified that joint brigades will visit every single house, in order to determine the living conditions of the disabled and "respond to their needs".

This will be the first time such a study will be carried out in Ecuador and we’ll find definitive solutions to the problems of people with some kind of disability or lack of skill, he affirmed.

"This project will be a milestone and will be the mainstay for the development of policies and plans with a quantified assessment on people with disabilities and their needs", he stressed.

A total of 62 Cuban Specialists in Comprehensive General Medicine, Masters in Genetic Advice, psycho-pedagogues, specialists in neurophysiology, neuro-pediatricians, geneticists, and clinical doctors are expected to participate in this mission that will last 30 days.

The vice-presidency of the Republic, the Armed Forces and the public Health Ministry are also involved in this task.

According to the results obtained in Cotopaxi, the Ecuadorean government will analyze the expansion of this study to another 23 provinces in that nation.