As part of President Higgins' State Visit to Cuba, he visited the Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine.
At this centre, which is working in partnership with University College Dublin (UCD), new tests are being developed to quickly diagnose the Zika virus.
The Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine provides research and surveillance for the prevention, control and elimination of infectious diseases. It is Cuba’s national authority in microbiology, parasitology, tropical medicine and epidemiology of communicable diseases.
