Sodium hypochlorite and Natural and Traditional Medicine (MNT) products, which are so well received and frequently used by Holguineros, require, in addition to the raw material from which they are made, bottles for their packaging. It is precisely this last one that is currently the main cause that attempts against the permanence of these products in the network of pharmacies of the province of Holguín.
Dr. Roberto Rodriguez Labrada deserved the Carlos Juan Finlay Order, the highest award granted by the Cuban Council of State in the field of scientific research to national and foreign personalities.
The Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Hereditary Ataxias Carlos J. Finlay (Cirah) won two prizes granted by the Academy of Sciences of Cuba (Acc) for the year 2018, with which add up to 14 achieved by this health institution.
The role of the province of Holguin in the inclusion of patients in clinical trials was highlighted during the Clinical Trials Management Workshop of the Molecular Immunology Center (CIM), held in the eastern territory.
Although no cure has been found capable of preventing the invalidating course brought about by Spinocerebellar Ataxia type SCA2, the most common in the province of Holguín and in Cuba, research conducted by the Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Hereditary Ataxias (CIRAH) has demonstrated the impact of rehabilitation on the progression of this condition.