CHILDREN

Covid-19 affects Cuba’s Mother-Child Program

Covid-19
Published on: December 19, 2021
13:51

Havana, Dec 19 (Prensa Latina) Covid-19 affected Cuba's key health plans such as the Mother-Child Program (PAMI), which presented statistics never recorded in the country, Public Health Minister Jose Angel Portal said on Sunday.

Venezuelan President reiterates commitment to children’s rights

Published on: November 20, 2021
13:25

Caracas, Nov 20 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday reiterated the Government's commitment to guarantee pivotal rights of children regarding World Children's Day.

Over 45,000 children released from detention during Covid-19 pandemic

Published on: November 15, 2021
17:50

United Nations, Nov 15 (Prensa Latina) More than 45,000 children have been released from detention and safely returned to family or an appropriate alternative since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new data released by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

Pneumonia, leading cause of infectious death in children

Published on: November 12, 2021
11:28

Geneva, nov 12 (Prensa Latina) Pneumonia is the leading cause of infectious death in children and caused 22 percent of the deaths in the age group between one to five year-old in 2019, it was revealed today.

More than 460 children killed in 2021 due to conflict in Afghanistan

Published on: November 6, 2021
00:15

Kabul, Nov 6 (Prensa Latina) More than 460 children were killed as a result of the war in Afghanistan during the first six months of this year, it was disclosed in Kabul on Friday.

Abdala vaccine authorized in children under 11 years of age

Published on: October 28, 2021
10:45

Havana, Oct 28 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez today highlighted the authorization of emergency use of the anti-Covid-19 Abdala vaccine in children from two to 11 years old approved by the national regulatory entity.

Cuba: 95 percent of children receive first Covid-19 vaccine dose

Published on: October 26, 2021
13:33

Havana, Oct 26 (Prensa Latina) The head of the vaccination program at the Health Ministry, Lena Lopez, reported on Tuesday that 1,808,312 Cuban children, accounting for 95 percent, have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

Children survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki want more support

Published on: October 25, 2021
01:28

Tokyo, Oct 25 (Prensa Latina) Most of the children of the 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors want more government support, a nationwide survey in Japan revealed on Sunday.

Brazil records some 35,000 children and youngsters killings

Published on: October 22, 2021
16:13

Brazilia, Oct 22 (Prensa Latina) Brazil has recorded 34,918 children and youngsters killings from 2016 to 2020, un unpublished study uncovered today, which was disclosed by UOL news website.

No child has died from Covid-19 in Cuba in the last month

Published on: October 22, 2021
14:27

Havana, Oct 22 (Prensa Latina) No child has died from Covid-19 in Cuba in the last month, and no newborn baby has died from this disease since the outbreak of the pandemic, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Friday.

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