diseases

Cuba to discuss non-communicable diseases

Published on: September 18, 2026
12:29

Havana, Sept 18 (Prensa Latina) Cuba will host the 1st International Symposium on Non-Communicable Diseases and Their Risk Factors: Challenges and Issues, to be held on November 12 and 13 in Havana.

International organizations join forces to prevent diseases

Published on: August 27, 2026
12:26

Rome, Aug 27 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) called for strengthened prevention efforts in the face of increasingly complex health threats.

Haiti: Over half million children at risk of waterborne diseases

Published on: September 3, 2021
07:31

United Nations, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) Around 540,000 children in the southwest of earthquake-stricken Haiti are now facing the possible re-emergence of waterborne diseases such as cholera and diarrhea, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned Friday.

Cuba guarantees immunization of its entire people

Published on: August 12, 2021
11:43

Havana, Aug 12 (Prensa Latina) Since early this year, Cuban scientific and health authorities assured that the necessary efforts would be made in the country to immunize the entire population against Covid-19, a palpable reality today.

UNICEF deplores vandalism of Libya’s water supply

Published on: August 3, 2021
07:16

United Nations, Aug 3 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Sunday condemned vandalism of Libya's water supply systems and deplored vandalizing water systems which cut off children and their families from water, increasing the likelihood of water-borne diseases, UNICEF said in a statement.

Drinking alcohol damages kidney function

Published on: June 29, 2021
07:47

London, Jun 29 (Prensa Latina) A scientific study confirmed that excessive alcohol consumption –more than four drinks daily- can affect the filtering capacity of kidney system due to toxic overload, according to a specialized source.

Reducing junk food to avoid neurological diseases is recommended

Published on: June 29, 2021
07:46

London, Jun 29 (Prensa Latina) So-called junk food is considered a danger to the brain, hence experts strongly recommend to reduce or exclude it from daily diet to avert neurological diseases, the sputniknews.com website reported.

Computer capable of reducing diagnosis time for rare diseases

Published on: June 24, 2021
07:11

London, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) A computer capable of working much faster than a traditional one is being used in order to reduce the diagnosis time of so-called rare diseases, conditions that nowadays take up to five years to be identified.

Millions of children vulnerable to diseases due to poor immunization

Published on: April 28, 2021
00:15

United Nations, Apr 28 (Prensa Latina) Millions of children are vulnerable to major killer diseases, despite the fact that vaccination services started to recover from coronavirus-caused disorders, United Nations agencies warned.

Covid-19 pandemic could cause more heart diseases

Published on: April 27, 2021
00:30

Moscow, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) Scientists in Russia warned of the possibility that in the next three to five years there will be a sharp increase in heart disease due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

NEWS