Health

Friday, 27 August 2021

Physical exercise helps to maintain the quality of life of the elderly. Photo: ACN

: Maylín Betancourt Verdecia; 04 October 2019

Holguín Debates Challenges of Population Ageing

The fact that currently one in five Cubans exceeds 60 years old implies an important challenge for the health system and society in general, data analyzed during the XIII Provincial Scientific Conference on Gerontology and Geriatrics, which began on October 2 and lasts until October 4.

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The President of Cuba thanked Italy for its humanitarian aid.

The President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, today thanked Italian friends and Cuban patriots who organized the sending of aid to the island for the fight against Covid-19.
Yanelis Silva Zamora, greatness from humility

Yanelis Silva Zamora, multi National and Parapan American table tennis champion for people with disabilities, has assured that she is not thinking about retirement, because she is certain that in the future she will be able to achieve new victories both in Cuba and abroad.
Another Italian medical donation to Cuba to face the Covid-19

In a gesture of solidarity to help face the Covid-19 pandemic in Cuba a donation of more than 200 cubic meters of sanitary material was sent today from the Italian city of Milan to Cuba
New measures for the sale of medicines in Holguín

In view of the difficult epidemiological situation faced by the province of Holguin due to Covid-19, the Government's Temporary Working Group for confronting the pandemic approved a set of measures aimed at reducing the concentration of personnel in the different pharmacies of the territory.
Holguin reports high transmissibility of the SARS virus CoV-2

The behavior of Covid-19 so far in August in the province of Holguin continues with a worrying increase in the number of positives and deaths. Since the beginning of the pandemic - in March 2020 - a total of 28,900 infected persons have been reported, mostly autochthonous cases.