tasa mortalidad infantilCuba is among the first 19 countries in the world with the lowest infant mortality rate with 4.0 for every one thousand live births in 2017. This is the 10th consecutive year that the infant mortality has been under five, reported during the opening of the 28th Cuban Pediatrician Congress. Read more Cuba Among the Countries with the Lowest Infant Mortality Rate
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After the finding on May 23, of the African giant snail (CGA) (Lissachatina fulica) in the community of Certeneja, located about 15 kilometers from the city of Holguín, the action plan foreseen for its control was implemented to avoid the propagation of that dangerous mollusk, whose presence was identified for the first time in Cuba in 2014.
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Some 86,426 individuals work in Cuba’s science sector, 53% of whom are women, according to the President of the Cuban Academy of Sciences (ACC) Dr. Luis C. Velázquez Pérez speaking during the First International Science and Education Congress taking place in the Havana International Conference Center. Read more 53% of Scientists in Cuba are Women
inversiones hospital lenin Photo: Radio AnguloMore than one million 660 thousand pesos will be invested by the Cuban State in the Vladimir Ilich Lenin University Hospital during 2018, to follow up on the repair and maintenance plan in the main areas of the health institution, with more than six decades in operation. Read more Holguin Hospital Undergoing Wide Investment Program

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Monsignor Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations of the Holy See, arrived in Cuba for an official visit scheduled for June 3 to 6.

Read more Vatican Secretary for Relations with States on official visit to Cuba