Equatorial Guinea

Executive summary

Cuba's medical mission to Equatorial Guinea began in February 2000 under the Programa Integral de Salud, transitioning in 2015 to Servicios Médicos Cubanos and later incorporating the Henry Reeve Contingent from July 2020; it remains active with 400 personnel deployed as of late 2025. Personnel figures fluctuate across years (298 in 2015, dropping to 226 by 2018, rising to 400 by 2025) without independent verification, while collaborators are compelled to alter medical statistics. Documented labour violations include passport confiscation, surveillance, curfews, assigned housing, prohibited relations with locals, and repudiation acts against those abandoning the mission, alongside salaries reduced through currency restrictions and unrepatriated remains of deceased workers. Mandatory political meetings are also documented. Four colleagues died without their bodies returning home. Explotación reaches 85% of testimonies collected.

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