The Cuban Health Brigade in Ghana is to be increased from 148 doctors to 200. Eleven Cuban Professors are also to be attached to the University of Development Studies to strengthen the Medical Faculty.

The Foreign Minister, Mr. Hackman Owusu-Agyemang said this to newsmen after attending the 11th Ghana-Cuba Permanent Joint Commission for Economic, Technical and Scientific Cooperation, in Havana. The Foreign Minister said he met President Fidel Castro for discussions on Ghana's development and areas for Cuban assistance. Mr. Owusu-Agyeman said the government in Havana offered to assist Ghana to eradicate guinea worm, elephantiasis and Cerebro-Spinal meningitis.

He said the meeting agreed on a private joint venture for the production of vaccines against hepatitis B, sugar production and salt mining. The Minister announced an increase in Cuban scholarship for Ghanaians to pursue science and related courses while Cuba is to import timber, fish and bauxite from Ghana in the spirit of South-South cooperation.

Ghana's delegation included Mr. Moses Dani Baah, Deputy Minister of Health and Mr. Kwasi Abeasi, Chief Executive of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre.