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Written by Yuset Puig Pupo / Photo: Reynaldo López

Published: 11 January 2026

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• arboviruses
• pediatric patients

The morning at the emergency room of the Mártires de Las Tunas pediatric hospital had the same hectic pace as always. But when the 2-month-old girl arrived with a very high fever, a large team of doctors immediately mobilized around her. The incidence of arboviruses, specifically chikungunya, would mark new ways of acting.

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Written by Yuset Puig Pupo

Published: 07 January 2026

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• Cuba's Family Medicine Program 42nd anniversary

In the light of a complex context marked by the aftereffects of arboviruses such as chikungunya, which pose new challenges to the health system within communities, the Family Medicine Program reached its 42nd anniversary, aimed at continuing to strengthen its work.

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Written by Yuset Puig Pupo / Photos: ReyLópez

Published: 02 January 2026

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• Mother and Child Care Program

In adverse circumstances, marked by the incidence of arboviruses, especially chikungunya, Las Tunas closes the year with an infant mortality rate of 8.7 per thousand live births, which, although below the national average, is far from the goal of a sector that continues to defend the improved functioning of the Maternal and Child Care Program (PAMI in Spanish) as one of its crown jewels.

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Written by Yuset Puig and Dayana Menzoney / Photo: Dayana Menzoney Justiz

Published: 27 December 2025

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• Chikungunya virus

Under the mosquito net, a crackling of bones reveals María Isabel. Her right ankle is like a shackle that keeps her pinned to the wooden bed, unable to get up. Real pain has also crept between her ribs and hands, and she thinks she lost the use of her neck about 17 days ago, when fevers forced her to hide under the tulle mesh so as not to infect more mosquitoes.