def93936b45626fd8348446cb035885f LLas Tunas, Cuba.- They attended a solidarity meeting with representatives of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) and executives of the Doctor Ernesto Guevara de la Serna General Teaching Hospital, in this eastern Cuban province.

195530512bddb94c6cfe81cd2b097745 LCaracas, Venezuela - I know her since the pregnancy of her mother, when her parents took care with zeal and care until she was born on November 6, 1991. In that time, Cubans were living the Special Period, and in those hard years, she may have lacked material things because of the humility of the family. Nevertheless, she did not lack, I assure you, the maternal and paternal affection that made her the beautiful person she is; a young woman that is committed to her profession and the principles of the Revolution.

aidsHavana, Cuba.- The island maintains control in mother-to-child transmission, in children under 14, in heterosexual men and women, as well as in early detection and rigorous monitoring of cases diagnosed with the disease, Bárbara Venegas, an official from the Department of STIs/AIDS and Hepatitis of the Epidemiology Department said.

sidaHavana, Cuba.- "Communities make a difference" is the motto of this year for the World Day to Combat HIV / AIDS, which is sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO).

In a message regarding the date, the Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Winnie Byanyima, stressed that "without communities, 24 million people around the world today would not have access to treatment."

embarazoLas Tunas, Cuba - At the end of last September, 805 pregnant women between the ages of 12 and 19 years were identified. It shows a decrease of 120 women in the same condition in relation to the same date of the previous year and, even so, the current figures represent a constant alert for the Maternal and Infant Program (PAMI).