"Amancio" has 7,000 people aged 60 years and over

The municipality of "Amancio" is no exception, like the rest of the country; it has a high rate of older adults. Today this town has seven thousand people aged 60 years and over, which represents almost 20 percent of the total population.

The overall survival at Las Tunas neonatology sevice was 97 percent

Yudith Libén Pérez has many hopes, those that sprouted at the birth of her son Leimer, a little boy whose prognosis was not the most encouraging. Now, with him in her arms, she tells of those days with admirable strength and infinite gratitude to those who made the "miracle" possible.

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Every beginning of the year, Cuba reports one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the continent, compared to those of developed countries. These figures reflect the Cuban State's political will and its health system to preserve the life of all pregnant women, postpartum women, and infants.

There are more than 34 thousand medicine cards just in Las Tunas city

All the cards for the acquisition of controlled drugs in Las Tunas are subject to a gradual process of change that will make it possible to improve this service and avoid the commission of illegalities with these resources, in deficit in the country and costly in their importation and production. 

To prevent diseases caused by the Aedes aegypti mosquito is also a priority

In the Health area belonging to the Gustavo Aldereguía Lima polyclinic, the proliferation of arboviruses is faced; where in recent weeks, its workers have also been dealing with a family focus of the COVID-19.