Cuba closed the first six months of 2017 with an infant mortality rate of 4.1 deaths per one thousand live births, an indicator only comparable to some countries of the so-called First World, Granma newspaper reported»
CUBAN HEALTH
Cuba: Cooperation with South Africa Continues to Increase
A new group of 29 Cuban health collaborators have arrived in the South African province of Gauteng, raising the number of these professionals in the country to more than 400»
Cuban Health is Product of Political Will
Cuba will continue fighting for a comprehensive health system and promoting scientific-technical production and research in order to solve the problems of the population, pointed out today the Public Health Ministry of the Island.»
Over 21 Thousand Paraguayans Treated by Cuban Eye Surgeons
More than 21 thousand Paraguayan citizens improved or recovered their sight after undergoing surgery applied by Cuban specialists at the Cuban Eye-treatment center operating in Paraguay.»
Stem Cells Infused for the First Time in Sancti Spiritus
The Provincial General Hospital Camilo Cienfuegos, in Sancti Spiritus, applies this treatment to patients with knee osteoarthritis, one of the diseases that most affects the residents of this Cuban central region.»
Cuba: Sancti Spiritus Researches for Annual Health Prize
The early diagnose of complex diseases is the main objective of the researches in the central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus opting for the National Annual Health Prize. »
Cuba Begins Clinical Trial of Vaccine against Pneumococcus
Cuba will begin this year the first clinical trials of the vaccine against pneumococus developed by national institutions, announced on Wednesday in this capital Doctor of Sciences Concepcion Campa, director of Havana’s Finlay Institute.»
Use of Natural Medicine Increases in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba
According to studies conducted in the current year, the use of Natural and Traditional Medicine (NTM for its Spanish acronym) has increased in the Cuban central province of Sancti Spiritus. Specialists of the branch highlight the progress of some indicators that exceed the standards set at a national scale.»