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For the Maternal and Infant Care Program (PAMI in Spanish) in Las Tunas, 2023 was a calendar marked by intentional work on the most worrying indicators. Even so, the numbers do not support the qualitative leap in the approach to the mother-to-be and the newborn, although important steps are being taken to reduce prematurity and low birth weight.

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The achievement of more than 150 births so far this year represents more than a statistical number for the Assisted Reproduction Program in Las Tunas, it is proof of a system that remains solid despite the country's complex economic scenario.

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They arrived as strangers at the municipal capital. They dismantled their suitcases and even among themselves, they concealed the strange devotion they suddenly felt for the red earth that had bathed their feet all their lives. But a hollowness quieter than nostalgia crept in without any of them even noticing it.

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