As part of the efforts of the Cuban public health ministry (Minsap by its Spanish acronym) to tackle pneumococcal disease, the vaccination campaign with the Cuban immunogen Quimio-Vio begins today for two-year-old children, Francisco Duran Garcia, national director of hygiene and epidemiology, said at a press conference.

The plaques “40 years of love and hope for the world” and “40th anniversary of Family Medicine” were bestowed on workers and founders of the Unidad Central de Cooperación Médica (UCCM) in recognition of its four decades of dedication to this humane endeavor ever since it was founded by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro on October 3, 1984.

The number of Dengue cases in The Americas during the first half of 2024 surpassed all reported annual figures of previous years, according to the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO).

Cuba’s Finlay Vaccine Institute (IFV) and the General Division of Health in the province of Santiago de Cuba signed a cooperation agreement to evaluate the immunogenicity, safety and effectiveness of an 11-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine candidate for children developed in the country.

Cuba is witnessing active transmission of the Dengue and Oropuche viruses in 12 and 15 provinces respectively, with the higher prevalence rates in Santiago de Cuba, Havana, Guantanamo, Camaguey, Pinar del Rio and Las Tunas.

The José Luis Miranda pediatric university hospital in the city of Santa Clara receives foreign and domestic donations that contribute to the improvement of 11 different health care services, according to Dr. Marta Beatriz García Carballoso, head of the oncohematology ward, where about 45 new children from Central Cuba who suffer from serious illnesses are admitted every year.

The province of Holguín is engaged in the international project Prosalud for teen pregnancy prevention and control, one of the priorities of UNICEF’s Convention on the Rights of the Child.

In order to improve the quality of life of patients with the Ataxia disease, the biotechnological and pharmaceutical industry is developing innovation projects to face this global health problem.

Chinse deputy minister of Science and Technology, Long Teng, expressed his interest in the Cuban development of Nanotechnology during a visit on Monday to the local Center for Advanced Studies—specialized in the scientific area.

Representatives of Cuba and China opened on Monday the 13th Joint Science and Technology Commission between the governments of both nations at Havana’s Melia Cohiba Hotel.

The need to strengthen the social sciences system from institutions and promote the study of social and economic phenomena was the focus of a video conference held at the Information Technology and Advanced Telematic Services Enterprise.

Roberto Morales Ojeda, member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, marked today the Day of the Cuban Pediatrician.

Francisco Durán, national director of Hygiene and Epidemiology, informed in a press conference that there is still a spate of viral infections in the country caused mainly by dengue fever, with increased incidence in the western and central provinces.

Eduardo Martinez Diaz, Cuban Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment, and Laksana Tri Handoko, president of the Indonesian National Research and Innovation Agency, signed a Memorandum of Understanding in this city relating to scientific collaboration in areas such as renewable energy, nanotechnology, agriculture and food production, and life, health and environmental sciences, among others.