The maternity ward at the Vladimir Ilich Lenin University Teaching Hospital, one of the hospitals with the highest number of annual births in the country, also suffers from the impact of the U.S. economic, commercial, and financial embargo against Cuba.
Valuable research projects aimed at unraveling the mysteries of hereditary ataxias outline the scientific program being carried out this year by researchers in this province who continue to search for effective therapies to combat this debilitating disease.
He was the first to earn a Doctorate in Imaging Sciences in the province and became a Full Professor of this specialty in the territory in 2023. Now 37 years old, he is also a specialist in Comprehensive General Medicine (first and second degree), holds a Master's degree in Virtual Education, and is a member of the World Council of Academics. These achievements have been realized from his workplace, the Lucía Íñiguez Landín Clinical-Surgical Hospital in Holguín.
Jusvinza is a highly effective and safe therapy for the post-acute and chronic stages following Chikungunya virus infection.
The province of Holguín has called for increased prevention measures amid a rise in arboviral diseases, particularly dengue, due to the presence of Aedes aegypti mosquito breeding sites.