The province of Holguín is engaged in the international project Prosalud for teen pregnancy prevention and control, one of the priorities of UNICEF’s Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The General Directorate of Public Health in the province of Holguín implements measures to control and prevent dengue, a disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

Francisco Durán, national director of Hygiene and Epidemiology, informed in a press conference that there is still a spate of viral infections in the country caused mainly by dengue fever, with increased incidence in the western and central provinces.

The installation of 15 x-ray digitizers is one of the achievements of primary health care in the province of Holguín, within the framework of the 40th anniversary of this medical program founded by the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro.