The national strategy promotes the rejection of drug use.
The national strategy promotes the rejection of drug use. Photo: Dunia Álvarez

Cuba is strengthening its mechanisms for preventing and combating illicit drug use and trafficking, maintaining a zero-tolerance policy and a commitment to preventing the country from being used as a storage, transit, or destination point for narcotics.

Treatment with Jusvinza consists of nine subcutaneous doses distributed over six weeks.

A clinical trial for the drug Jusvinza, developed by the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) for the treatment of residual polyarthritis in patients recovering from chikungunya, has begun in the Cuban province of Matanzas.

It is essential to continue with vector control measures.

The current situation of arboviruses was once again the focus of this week's meeting between the First Secretary of the Party Central Committee and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, and experts and scientists on health issues, at which a 2.4 percent decrease in cases of nonspecific febrile syndrome was reported at the national level, although with a slowdown compared to last week.