Operación Milagro
Violeta Menjivar, minister of health in El Salvador (left) and minister of health in Cuba Roberto Morales (right) signing an agreement regarding eyecare through the program. | |
| English name | Operation Miracle |
|---|---|
| Time | 2004–present |
| Location | Cuba and Venezuela (domestic), Latin America and Africa (foreign missions) |
| Organized by | The Governments of Cuba and Venezuela |
| Outcome | 3 million patients cured of visual impairment (2015) |
Operación Milagro (English: Operation Miracle; also Misión Milagro in Venezuela) is a program of international solidarity launched in 2004 by the governments of Cuba and Venezuela to provide free medical treatment for people with eye problems. It additionally provides the countries it operates in with new medical equipment and infrastructure. By 2019, over 4 million people in 34 countries had received free treatment through the program. The program is integrated into the programs of the ALBA.
While in the initial phase of the program patients were transported to Cuba to be attended there, by 2017 there were 69 ophthalmological centers in 15 countries, carrying out vision-saving and restoring surgery.