The maternity ward of the Vladimir Ilich Lenin Teaching University Hospital in the province of Holguín is strengthening ties with the health area, with the aim of reducing the rates of prematurity and low birth weight in the eastern territory.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and other senior leaders today congratulated doctors from the region and the country on the occasion of Latin American Medicine Day.
The Health Directorate in Holguín increases the production of Natural and Traditional Medicine, after the lack of industrial pharmaceuticals due to shortages of raw materials and packaging.
The health system in the province of Holguín extends studies on teenage pregnancy to rural and difficult-to-access localities where the highest rates of this indicator are concentrated in the territory.