Sponsored by the Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK) and the Cuban Society of Microbiology and Parasitology, the 10th International Course on Leptospirosis Havana 2022, focused on discussions about the most relevant aspects of zoonoses with a view to developing early-warning systems and preventive measures at regional level, started its sessions in this city with the participation of renowned professors from Argentina, France and the United States, among others.

Educative meetings and workshops at with adolescents and their relatives at schools and communities about the risks of early-age pregnancy are some of the actions being taken under the Program for Mother-Child Attention in this eastern Cuban province in an effort to lower the incidence rate of adolescent pregnancy.

 In order to boost cooperation in health, Cuban health minister Jose Angel Portal Miranda exchanged views today in Geneva, with counterparts and high-level authorities, within the framework of the 75th World Health Assembly.

Eighty-nine percent of the Cuban population has already completed the anti-COVID-19 vaccination scheme, with the immunogens developed in the country, Soberana 02, Soberana Plus and Abdala.

Cuba studied a total of 3,273 samples for surveillance during the day, 31 of which were positive. The country accumulates 13,832,248 samples taken and 1,105,047 positive.

Cuban health professionals will provide permanent services in Barbados, thanks to a cooperation agreement signed on Monday between the health ministries of both countries.

Daniel Ernesto Leyva Almaguer is one of the children with disabilities in the province of Holguin(eastern region) whose quality of life has been affected as a result of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba.

In the context of the 59th year of the Cuban Medical Collaboration Program, provincial health authorities in this central province acknowledged the work of local doctors in other nations of the world.

Jose Angel Portal Miranda, Cuban minister of public health, stressed today in the general debate of the 75th World Health Assembly, that the key to the control of COVID-19 in Cuba is based on a system of social justice that puts the human being at the center of its policies.

On the 59th anniversary of Cuban international medical collaboration, Cuba's minister of public health, Jose Angel Portal Miranda, recognized today the country's collaborators and highlighted their humanistic and altruistic work.

With 390 new positive cases of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, in the last week; Cuba reported the lowest figure for seven days in the current year.

The Cuban Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB by its Spanish acronym) is developing several products for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune disorders and infectious diseases, which are in clinical trials and have demonstrated safety and evidence of efficacy.

Cuba studied a total of 4,693 samples for surveillance during the day, 37 were positive. The country accumulates 13,828,975 samples taken and 1,105,016 positive.

In the framework of the 75th World Health Assembly, Cuban minister of public health, Jose Angel Portal Miranda, held exchanges today with health authorities from other countries, with the aim of strengthening cooperation.