COVID-19 has not gone away, warned Dr. María Eugenia Escobar Pérez, a Second Degree specialist in Hygiene and Epidemiology, while recalling that pandemics come and go, but the viruses that cause them remain with low circulation.

Although since 1993, with the reduction in Cuba of the prevalence rate of leprosy to 0.79 per 10 thousand inhabitants, the elimination of this disease as a health problem was achieved, new cases are reported each year.

A project aimed at preventing teenage pregnancy is under way in the province of Holguín as part of the cross-sectional Mother and Child Program (PAMI).

The project aims to improve prevention and healthcare in Cuba, with actions focused on strategic lines such as sex education for at-risk populations, the acquisition of contraceptive supplies, diagnostic tests, and training teachers and primary healthcare personnel.