NewzSouth African medical students participating in a training programme in Cuba are enduring severe living conditions, including sharing a single toilet among 13 students and going days without water. The South African health department has not conducted an oversight visit to the programme since 2022.
The hardships faced by the students in Havana have been attributed by officials to the ongoing United States embargo against Cuba, which has impacted resource availability and living standards within the training initiative.
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