The second day of the meeting of representatives of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) began today to deepen the attention to the population and analyze tasks being developed in the sector.

On the occasion of World Health Day, Cuban authorities recognized today the work of health workers.

Reducing maternal and infant mortality rates in Cuba, with the goal of reaching 6.9 per 1,000 indicator births by 2025 and a figure of less than 40 per 100,000 pregnant women, is today an objective of the Caribbean nation's health system.

"In the early morning hours of Sunday, April 5, we learned the unfortunate news of the death of 10-year-old Geobel Damir Ortiz Ramirez," reads a statement issued by the Institute of Hematology and Immunology on the death of the little boy.

The Un Abril por la Pediatría (An April for Pediatrics) campaign will be carried out throughout Cuba this month to highlight the importance of children's health and the work of professionals in their care, and to promote various actions to raise awareness about the challenges in this area of medicine.

A day of scientific activities and community interventions will be held in Cuba to celebrate World Health Day on April 7, dedicated this year to maternal and newborn health, under the slogan "Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures," health authorities announced today at a press conference.

Intended to promote pediatric care throughout the month by means of scientific, educational and community events, the campaign Un abril por la pediatría (April for pediatrics) kicked off at a children’s hospital in the city of Guantánamo.

The Abel Santamaria Cuadrado provincial hospital, the largest in the westernmost province of Pinar del Rio, has been benefiting for the past three years from the project to promote hospital digitalization in diagnostic imaging, which has an impact on the quality of medical care.

Two of the four Cuban collaborators who were injured last week in the province of Moxico, in Angola, are since Sunday in Luanda under the care of professionals from the Meditex clinic.

Publications in digital networks have reported in recent weeks the case of a 10-year-old Cuban boy who was treated in different health institutions in Havana, as part of the diagnosis and treatment of the diseases he suffers from.

In the context of the Convention Cuba Salud 2025, scheduled to be held on April 21 to 25, Havana will host the National Congress “Una Sola Salud” (One Health), intended to review the progress achieved by and strengthen the health-animal care-ecosystem links.

The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) initiated today in this city their 10th High-Level Talks.

Exactly 61 personalities will receive Wednesday in Havana the Carlos J. Finlay Barre Order corresponding to 2024, the highest distinction of the Cuban government to nationals and foreigners for their contributions to the development of science for the benefit of mankind.

Sponsored by the University of Medical Sciences of the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, the 13th International Congress of Therapeutic Hypnosis and Related Techniques Hypnosantiago 2025 opens its doors from March 25 to 29 to promote specialized scientific exchange.