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CUBA’S infant mortality dropped to a record low rate of 4.1 per 1,000 births in 2017, the health ministry announced on Thursday.
“This is a milestone that reflects the integration of the entire healthcare system in the country, which is about lives saved, quality of life, happiness and satisfaction for our people,” Public Health Minister Roberto Morales said.
He added that the country has eliminated diseases including polio, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, measles, rubella and mumps among newborns. Two years ago, the World Health Organisation confirmed that Cuba was the first country to have eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
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CLAUDIA WEBBE says the US is tightening the noose to destroy Cuban socialism — the need for immediate, international solidarity is urgent
Where normally only the US and its ally Israel vote to strangle Cuba economically, there have been special efforts to slander and isolate the besieged socialist island nation year — so we must redouble our solidarity, writes TARIQ ANDERSON