healthcare

Flu cases increase in Uruguay, authorities call for vaccination

Published on: June 5, 2024
13:07

Montevideo, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) Flu cases continue to increase on Wednesday in Uruguay, where an rise in the number of contagions of the AH3N2 type, considered one of the most dangerous, has been reported.

Gaza, an unprecedented healthcare emergency

Published on: June 4, 2024
13:39

United Nations, Jun 4 (Prensa Latina) The population of Gaza is currently living in an unprecedented healthcare emergency, including injuries, traumas, mental disorders, and infectious diseases that are spreading due to the lack of essential medical services and the destruction of hospitals.

Italian people are grateful for Cuban medical assistance in Calabria

Published on: June 3, 2024
00:15

Rome, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) The Italian people are grateful for the healthcare assistance provided in the southern region of Calabria by a Cuban medical brigade, consisting of more than 270 professionals, who will be joined by 70 other experts this month, a press release indicated on Sunday.

Chilean Congress to decide fate of private health insurers

Published on: May 13, 2024
07:50

Santiago de Chile, May 13 (Prensa Latina) The Chilean Congress will vote on a controversial project on Pension Health Institutions (ISAPRES) that increases the time for private insurers to pay multi-million dollar debts to users.

Eliminating AIDS, a possible goal with big challenges

Published on: May 9, 2024
00:16

Havana, May 9 (Prensa Latina) Thinking about a world where AIDS stops being a public health threat is far from being a chimera, as it is a possible goal with the combined action of governments and communities.

Cuba has a lot to share in the fight against HIV, UNAIDS says

Published on: May 8, 2024
12:26

Havana, May 8 (Prensa Latina) Cuba has a lot to share with the world in the fight against HIV, ranging from the importance of having a strong healthcare system to its international solidarity, UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima said.

WHO concerned about healthcare access in Haiti

Published on: April 29, 2024
16:16

Port-au-Prince, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday expressed deep concern about Haitians´ access to health care centers in the midst of rising violence situation the Caribbean nation is presently experiencing.

Power outages affect treatment of kidney patients in Ecuador

Published on: April 24, 2024
00:16

Quito, Apr 24 (Prensa Latina) The Association of Dialysis Centers in Ecuador warned that some 16,000 kidney patients require hemodialysis and their life is at risk due to the energy crisis.

Angola acknowledges Cuba’s experience in vector control

Published on: April 22, 2024
00:15

Luanda, Apr 22 (Prensa Latina) Angola is following Cuba's experience in vector control as one of the actions to fight malaria, the leading cause of death in the country.

UNICEF supports Cuba’s neonatology services

Published on: April 16, 2024
12:19

Havana, Apr 16 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Cuba reported on Tuesday that it mobilized resources to support 19 neonatology services throughout the country in in 2023.

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