The Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Hereditary Ataxias (Cirah), the only one of its kind in Cuba, prioritizes social work to improve care for patients with ataxia, especially those with Spinocerebellar Ataxia type II (SCA2).
The Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Hereditary Ataxias (Cirah) in Holguín, is the only center in the country dedicated to treating patients with ataxia using a multidisciplinary approach aimed at improving the quality of life and hope for patients suffering from this disease.
At the Octavio de la Concepción de la Pedraja Pediatric Hospital in Holguín, diagnostic and therapeutic arthroscopies have been solidly established for pediatric and adolescent patients.
For more than a decade, dengue has been the predominant arbovirus infection, with the highest incidence in the Americas, Cuba, and especially Holguin. It is so much so that it occupies the main epidemiological stage in this northeastern territory for almost the entire year.