The last months of the year are historically alarming in terms of the decline in the country's birth rate. To evaluate how this and other aspects related to the Maternal and Child Health Program (PAMI) are progressing and the role of each agency in it, the Las Tunas highest political and government authorities met with officials of the Health Directorate.

Las Tunas, Cuba.- Ensuring the well-being of pregnant women and newborns is a priority in the country. So far this year, our province has recorded more than 2,300 births.

Osbel Lorenzo Rodríguez, first secretary of the Cuban Communist Party in Las Tunas, assured that this program requires collective responsibility with the intervention of territorial agencies and companies to guarantee differentiated care for pregnant women and nursing mothers at risk. He also emphasized the responsibility of health authorities and their fundamental role in ensuring, through primary and secondary health care, the proper care that these patients require to achieve better results in the PAMI.

Yumara Acosta García, acting director of the General Health Directorate in the territory, explained to those present that, to date, the province maintains a low weight index of 7.6. The territories of Jobabo, Colombia, Majibacoa, Manatí, and Jesús Menéndez have the highest rates.
The doctor added that encouraging data is that the province has recorded a total of 474 teenage pregnancies, 47 fewer than on the same date last year, with the pregnancy rate in this age group standing at 20 percent.

At the end of the meeting, the implementation of the investment process in the sector was evaluated, mainly focused on repair and maintenance work at the Majibacoa nursing home, the Raymundo Castro Pediatric Hospital in Puerto Padre, and the Doctor Ernesto Guevara de la Serna General Teaching Hospital.

In this regard, Marianela Zapata Romero, director of the largest health institution in the province, referred to the transformation that the “Guevara” has undergone in recent months.

“We are talking about the reopening of important spaces and the projection for the current quarter of completion of the burn, emergency, and imaging services, intending to continue to provide quality medical care.”