Holguín with the second lowest infant mortality rate in Cuba

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Holguín closed 2022 with the second lowest infant mortality rate in the country, reaching 4.5 per thousand live births, only preceded by Cienfuegos (4.3), despite the effects of the criminal blockade maintained by the United States government against Cuba.

Cuba reinforces control measures against COVID-19 and Dengue fever

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Cuba reinforces epidemiological measures for the prevention and control of COVID-19 and Dengue, as reported Tuesday during the meeting of the Temporary Government Working Group, headed by the First Secretary of the Party Central Committee and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.

Holguín hospital boosts clinical trials development

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The Lucía Íñiguez hospital in the province of Holguín, promotes the development of clinical trials to improve the quality of life of patients through the introduction of Cuban drugs.

HeberSaVax: Another achievement of Cuban biotechnology

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Scientists from the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) together with researchers from the Cuban health system have been developing for a decade a promising vaccine candidate HeberSaVax to guarantee the survival of patients with liver cancer or hepatocarcinoma, a pathology that annually causes more than half a million deaths worldwide.