More than five thousand people are living with cancer in Las Tunas today.

She is a warrior in all directions; one of those who fights her own battles without much noise. She knows how to reinvent motifs and see colors where others would only perceive muted shades. So common and yet so singular is Bárbara Mendoza Vázquez, a breast cancer survivor for 17 years now.

has to deal with the increase in import prices of medicines, reagents, medical instruments, disposable material, equipment, and spare parts.Cuba is currently forced to purchase medications in distant markets. It has to deal with the increase in import prices of medicines, reagents, medical instruments, disposable material, equipment, and spare parts.

Day of fight against cancer being held in Cuba

More than five thousand inhabitants of Las Tunas live today with some type of malignant tumor; and every year about 300 thousand die from this cause, a more than justified reason to join the fight against this disease.

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At the end of 2019, the main cause of infant mortality in this province was congenital malformations, which is why the Genetics Program this year outlines novel strategies aimed at transforming that reality for the well-being of infants, and therefore, of society.