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.
Health Minister Jose Angel Portal expressed on Thursday the certainty that the 28th brigade of the Henry Reeve Contingent will put the principles of solidarity of the Cuban Revolution on high in Mozambique.
The Holguin Center for the Research and Rehabilitation of Hereditary Ataxias (Cirah) is a global benchmark for the attention to patients with this degenerative disease.