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Angola to hold third round of anti-polio vaccination campaign

Published on: September 2, 2024
14:02

Luanda, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) Angola will carry out the third round of the vaccination campaign against polio, Angola Public Television (TPA) reported today.

Abortions grow in Uruguay, birth rate continues to fall

Published on: August 30, 2024
13:23

Montevideo, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) Uruguay recorded in 2023 the highest number of abortions since the approval of the Law on Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy (IVE, in Spanish), enacted in 2012.

Guatemala registers 29 tremors in the last 24 hours

Published on: August 30, 2024
13:11

Guatemala City, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) The National Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology (Insivumeh) reported today Guatemala felt 29 tremors in the last 24 hours.

International Whale Shark Day

Published on: August 30, 2024
13:09

Washington, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) The world celebrates the International Whale Shark Day, to raise awareness about the danger to the largest fish in the world due to illegal fishing, ocean pollution, maritime traffic and unsustainable tourism.

DRC received kits for Mpox treatment

Published on: August 30, 2024
13:04

Kinshasa, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) began the distribution of a consignment of medicines and kits for the treatment of patients with Monkeypox (Mpox).

Cuba includes pneumococcal vaccine in immunization of infants

Published on: August 30, 2024
12:40

Havana, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's Health System authorities announced they will start applying the Pneumococcal vaccine Pneumosil 10- to all infants born this year.

Torrential rains help spread cholera epidemic in Sudan

Published on: August 30, 2024
11:59

Khartoum, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) The inclemency of the brutal downpours that have lashed for weeks the east of Sudan contribute to spread the cholera epidemic that today adds eight deaths to the 128 new infected, according to figures from health sources.

Google to invest $850M in Uruguay data center

Published on: August 30, 2024
11:35

Montevideo, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) Uruguay is currently positioning itself in the IT sector thanks to the technology giant Google, which will invest 850 million dollars in a regional data center.

WHO Committee for Africa focuses on medicine production

Published on: August 29, 2024
14:27

Brazzaville, Aug 29 (Prensa Latina) The 74th session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa is analyzing on Thursday the framework for strengthening local production of medicines, vaccines, and other health technologies.

Cambodia and Cuba broaden health cooperation

Published on: August 29, 2024
10:50

Phnom Penh, August 29 (Prensa Latina) Cambodia's Health Minister Chheang Ra called for increasing cooperation with Cuba in this sector to achieve universal health coverage by 2035, for which work is currently being done.

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