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Dr. Luis Velázquez has directed one of the most humane projects promoted by the Public Health system in recent years: advancing in the search for new therapeutic targets to treat Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2 (SCA2), a hereditary and progressive disease of high prevalence in Cuba and mainly in the province of Holguín, whose prevalence and incidence rates have not been surpassed by any other country.
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The specialized tourism agency Ecotur convenes from December 13 to 15, in the provinces of Holguín and Santiago de Cuba, the Biological Diversity and Tourism Workshop BIOTUR 2021, the nature event par excellence in eastern Cuba.

Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel ordered the prescription of Biomodulin T in primary health care during a meeting with scientists and experts, given the successful results of several clinical trials with this medicine.
Read more Biomodulin T will be extended to primary health care in Cuba
Cuba's southeastern region will host the 14th International Nature Tourism Event, Turnat 2024, organizers, who described the recently concluded edition as successful, said on Sunday.
Read more Turnat 2024 to be held in southeastern Cuba
The Book Fair to take place in Holguín from May 26 to 29 after three years without being held, will make available to the public some 390 literary novelties and more than 300,000 copies with the participation of foreign exhibitors from countries such as Mexico, Panama and Peru.
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