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In the watchful silence of a ward at the Dr. Ernesto Guevara General Teaching Hospital in Las Tunas, life is measured in grams and weeks. This is no ordinary ward; it is the temporary home of the smallest and most vulnerable, a place where every breath is a triumph and every gram gained is a battle won.
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When Ludmila Ávila Caballero talks about her profession, she is filled with a sense of pride that is almost palpable. It doesn’t matter that 24 years have passed since she began as a nursing assistant in Gynecology, or that she’s had to rise to the challenge in delivery rooms outside of Cuba... She’s still there, steadfast, convinced that nursing isn’t just a job, but a calling.
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When someone in the neighborhood contracts hepatitis, collective concern often sets off alarm bells because you can never know for sure how far the infection might spread. Most people assume this virus is highly contagious and poses little danger to healthy individuals, but when it comes to protocols for action, we don’t always know what to do.
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Health authorities in the province have deployed a comprehensive surveillance and control system to address the current epidemiological situation, which includes everything from active case finding in communities to international health controls.
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Dengue type 4 is the serotype circulating in Las Tunas, a virus that, according to Dr. Yumara Acosta García, director of the Provincial Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology, and Microbiology, "is much more complex from a clinical standpoint."
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