The start of the rainy season favors the proliferation of mosquitoes and other disease vectors.

This month, with the rainy season approaching, the province of Las Tunas is preparing to maintain a stable epidemiological situation through its Vector Control and Surveillance Program, and anticipates closer collaboration with communities.

Las Tunas recognized nurses' dedication.

The University of Medical Sciences' theater hosted the celebrations for International Nursing Day and became a space to highlight the impact of these Las Tunas professionals, who, from different healthcare centers, assume the mission of healing every day.

Amarilis reigns from her vaccination center.

As a child in the village of Yariguá, Amarilis La Rosa González could hardly have imagined that she would be forever linked to the profession through which she discovered her first role-playing games. Today, the nurse with more than 23 years of experience speaks with 26 about the twists of fate and the dedication that led her to wear her white uniform.

NCDs constitute a sustainable development problem and are a priority on the global health agenda.NCDs constitute a sustainable development problem and are a priority on the global health agenda.

Early detection of hypertension, diabetes, and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is the central focus of the health promotion campaign taking place in Primary Health Care under the slogan “Your vigilance is your protection.”

Jhoanys Diéguez Peña, head of the Nursing Department at the Las Tunas General Directorate of Health

It was her respect for life that led her to board a plane bound for the United Arab Emirates during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. When she was called to serve with the Henry Reeve Brigade, she didn’t think twice, even though her two children were a very compelling reason to stay close to home. Still, she said yes, but entrusted them to all that is great and divine until she returned.