With the aim to promote professional exchange among obstetricians and gynecologists from the eastern Cuban provinces, as well as to assess procedures to follow and unify criteria in women's care, the province of Holguin will host the Territorial Day of Obstetrics and Gynecology from September 25 to 27, with headquarters at the V.I. Lenin university hospital.

 

A cultural project aimed at promoting the quality of life of children with Down Syndrome, is part of the initiatives of the Jorge Ricardo Masseti special school, in the province of Holguin, regarding the beginning of 2018-2019 school year to start on September 3.

 

A new Information and Care Center for family members of patients in serious condition was opened at the Vladimir Ilyich Lenin hospital of Holguin, as part of the ongoing investment program in the healthcare institution to improve services to the population.

 

In the province of Holguin, the HIV-AIDS epidemic reports an increase with 65 people infected between January and June this year, 15 more than in the same period of 2017, despite the educational and preventive policy of the Cuban State regarding Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)..