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WHO warns of over one million STI cases reported globally

Published on: September 5, 2022
16:50

By: Pavel López Lazo

Geneva, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday warned that as many as one million cases of sexually transmitted infection (STI) are being reported worldwide every day.

Diseases rise in Pakistan due to floods

Published on: September 4, 2022
10:00

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Islamabad, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) Floods resulting from heavy rains in Pakistan are causing an increase in serious acute respiratory diseases, skin infections, diarrhea and malaria, among others, the General Directorate of Sanitary Services said.

US government calls conference on hunger, nutrition and health

Published on: August 29, 2022
18:21

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, Aug 29 (Prensa Latina) The Biden-Harris Administration will host the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health in Americans on coming September 28, 2022 in Washington, D.C. as the president announced in May, this will be the first Conference of this kind in over 50 years.

Science in Cuba, Fidel Castro and the Future

Published on: August 13, 2022
10:24

By: Ana Ibis Falcón Lamoth

Havana, Aug 13 (Prensa Latina) Talking about science in Cuba requires endless pages with a beginning dedicated to the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, who would be 96 years old on Saturday.

Afghanistan gripped by multiple disease outbreaks, WHO warns

Published on: August 10, 2022
19:02

By: Pavel López Lazo

Kabul, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that Afghanistan is facing up multiple disease outbreaks, including Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD), measles, Congo fever, dengue fever and the Covid-19 pandemic.

Afghanistan: Disease cases on the rise

Published on: July 17, 2022
11:15

By: Pavel López Lazo

Kabul, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) Seasonal infectious disease cases have increased in the last three weeks in Afghanistan, while physicians asked families to take more precautions to prevent infections such as cholera, diarrhea, flu, malaria and measles, according to Mohammad Naeem Akbari, physician at the Kabul Hospital for Infectious Diseases.

Over 3.5 billion people suffer from oral diseases – WHO

Published on: June 21, 2022
16:00

By: Pavel López Lazo

Geneva, Jun 21 (Prensa Latina) Over 3.5 billion people worldwide suffer from untreated oral diseases, without situation improving in last 30 years, said an official source.

Uruguayan physician highlights Cuban ophthalmological collaboration

Published on: June 5, 2022
14:30

By: Juan M. Garcia

Montevideo, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) On Sunday, the deputy director of the Jose Marti Ophthalmological Hospital in Uruguay, Ana Fagundez, has latent memories of her years of medical training in Cuba, where she graduated in September 2005.

Cuba joins international call for World No Tobacco Day

Published on: May 31, 2022
13:34

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Havana, May 31 (Prensa Latina) Cuba on Tuesday joined the international call for the World No Tobacco Day to raise awareness about the harmful and lethal effects of consumption, Minister of Public Health Jose Angel Portal said.

WHO concerned about acute hepatitis and measles outbreaks

Covid-19
Published on: April 28, 2022
15:14

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Geneva, Apr 28 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently following the rise in the number of cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin and measles.

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