"Protection of breastfeeding, shared responsibility."

The World Breastfeeding Week stimulates health programs in favor of the mother and the child. From the first to the 7th of August, an international call is heard: "Protection of breastfeeding, shared responsibility;" and it is, precisely, to emphasize that the well-being of both, the mother and the baby, is everyone's business.

Adriana Pérez Morel

Adriana Pérez Morel wears her new nurse uniform. A few weeks ago, she finished her studies and, now, carefully accommodates medicines, syringes, tablets; while his gaze escapes outside from time to time, where grandparents rest, after a snack, in the Rafael Morel Oppow nursing home, recently opened in Omaja, Majibacoa, to the approval of the community.

Workers donated their blood

"We know that the province is fulfilling its plans, but the situation with the pandemic demands a little more from us because these are complex and worrying moments due to the rise in infections."

With the national immunization program, Cuba has eliminated six diseases, among them, the poliomyelitis

Yiliam is barely 5 years old and she anxiously awaits the start of the next school year to begin her steps, dressed in white and red, in a preschool classroom. She still cannot read, but she knows about the COVID-19 disease and that a vaccine is out there that one day will reach her arm.

Messages and photos of congratulations floods the digital platforms.

Messages and photos of congratulations, fulfilled dreams, thanks, and even allegorical cakes at the moment flood the social media profiles of young people, family members, and friends of a large part of the more than 700 new Medical Sciences graduate in Las Tunas this 2021.