health

Mexico starts intense campaign in schools against synthetic drugs

Published on: March 29, 2023
00:30

Mexico, Mar 29 (Prensa Latina) President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced in his daily morning conference at the National Palace on Tuesday a vigorous campaign against drug addiction in the school sector.

Barbados sounds alarm on meth consumption

Published on: March 28, 2023
16:53

Bridgetown, Mar 28 (Prensa Latina) Barbados has just reported its first case of methamphetamine (meth) use, and the public is being warned to avoid the drug at all costs, as it poses a threat to health and could lead to death.

Mexico is moving forward in its public health system renovation plan

Published on: March 28, 2023
15:50

Mexico City, Mar 28 (Prensa Latina) The government is making progress in its public health renovation known as the Salud Bienestar-IMSS Plan, which is led by the Mexican Social Security Institute, in which Cuba is participating with doctors.

Thailand reports 3 new cases of mpox

Published on: March 25, 2023
08:50

Bangkok, Mar 25 (Prensa Latina) Thailand´s Department of Disease Control on Saturday reported three new cases of mpox, bringing the number of cases to 18 since 2022.

WHO focuses resources, research on children’s medicines

Published on: March 25, 2023
08:31

Geneva, Mar 25 (Prensa Latina) Developing a prioritized list of medicines with most-needed formulas for children is essential nowadays to concentrate efforts and resources of researchers and suppliers, the World Health Organization (WHO) assured.

PAHO urges stepped-up efforts against TB in the Americas

Published on: March 24, 2023
18:50

Washington, Mar 24 (Prensa Latina) The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Friday called on Latin American nations to urgently expand access to prevention, detection and treatment services to speed up progress towards curbing tuberculosis (TB), one of the world´s mostly deadly infectious diseases.

Paraguay reports over 13k chikungunya cases, 60 deaths

Published on: March 24, 2023
16:51

Asunción, Mar 24 (Prensa Latina) The chikungunya fever epidemic in Paraguay has reached 60 deaths and 13,010 confirmed cases during the last three weeks, health authorities reported Friday.

Haiti mobilizes urgent scale up in response to cholera outbreak

Published on: March 24, 2023
16:21

Port-au-Prince, Mar 24 (Prensa Latina) Haitian health authorities on Friday mobilized a rapid scale up to curb cholera spread across the country.

Cuba to host workshop on ergonomics and occupational safety

Published on: March 24, 2023
00:30

Matanzas, Cuba, Mar 24 (Prensa Latina) Under the auspices of the University of Matanzas (UM) and the accommodation company Guanima, the 4th Workshop on Ergonomics, Occupational and Work Safety will take place here from November 28 to 30.

President Díaz-Canel praises advances in dengue vaccine candidate

Published on: March 21, 2023
18:11

Havana, Mar 21 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Tuesday praised progress achieved in creating new dengue vaccine candidate developed by the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB).

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