The 23rd Congress of the Internal Medicine Society of Central America and the Caribbean (AMICAC) and the 11th National Internal Medicine Congress will be held in Havana on May 13-16, organizers announced on Friday.

More than 15 thousand Cubans have been satisfactorily treated with Heberprot-P, a pharmaceutical that lowers the risk of lower limb amputation in patients suffering from diabetic foot ulcers.

Despite marked progress in curbing the HIV epidemic, a high percentage of schoolgirls are still HIV positive in South Africa, latest figures revealed.

Some 1,000 people with obesity disorders benefitted in Cuba from specialized surgical techniques applied by the Multidisciplinary Group of Bariatric Surgery of the Havana-based Calixto Garcia University Hospital.

In Cuba, everyone has a family doctor, health services are absolutely free, and authorization to access them is unnecessary, says an article published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

More than 14,000 patients in Cuba have benefited with the pharmaceuticals produced by the Havana-based Molecular Immunology Center (CIM), which increased its production of medications to treat cancer and other chronic, non-transmissible diseases in 2012.

Cuban Health minister Roberto Morales said in Havana that although Aedes aegypti mosquito infestation levels have been lowered, epidemiological surveillance must continue to increase.

Over 40 thousand Cuban professionals are currently working in 65 countries, in sectors such as health and education, as part of the island’s international cooperation based on sharing the local achievements in favor universal social development.

Cuba will start a national vaccination campaign against seasonal flu for over half a million people from November 20 to December 15. The immunization includes people over 85 years old and others identified as highly vulnerable population groups.

Cuba marked World Diabetes Day on Wednesday with local actions aimed at raising awareness about the challenge posed by the disease, which is affecting over 347 million people around the world.