CUBAN HEALTH SYSTEM

Most Cuban children who suffer from heart diseases reach adulthood.»

Most of the family doctors’ clinics that exist in Sancti Spiritus are run by physicians and nursing graduates. This ensures community medical coverage in the eight municipalities of the province.»

Before the World Trade Organization (WTO), Cuba denounced the damage the U.S. blockade has caused the island’s health sector, including blocking its ability to purchase medicines for its population.»

Prestigious domestic and foreign teachers are participating as of today in the 12th International Dengue Course, being held at the “Pedro Kouri” Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK) in Havana.»

Nearly eight thousand people have undergone this ophthalmological technique since  its implementation began in the  Camilo Cienfuegos General Hospital, of  Sancti Spiritus city, in November 2002.»

The incorporation of videocolposcopes (digital diagnostic method to identify gynaecological diseases of the cervix) in Sancti Spiritus’s clinics, avails more reliable diagnosis of cancerous conditions in local women.»

The Ninth International Conference on Health Informatics was inaugurated here today with a conference on the challenges of Cuba in the application of new technologies in medicine.»

Residents of Guasimal, a rural community found about 12 miles away from Sancti Spiritus city, can obtain a wide range of advanced health services at the local polyclinic.»

Over one million Cuban children will be administered a polio vaccine between March and April to keep them protected against the disease, which could possibly cause permanent disability and death.»

In Cuba, everyone has a family doctor, health services are absolutely free, and authorization to access them is unnecessary, says an article published in The New England Journal of Medicine.»