Holguin Ends 2025 with the Fourth Lowest Infant Mortality Rate in Cuba

The province of Holguin ended 2025 with an infant mortality rate of 6.42 per 1,000 live births. The fourth lowest in Cuba, with more than 6,000 births in the eastern territory.

Alberto Rubén Piriz Assa, head of the Maternal and Child Health Program in the province. Highlighted to the weekly newspaper Ahora the performance of medical personnel in the face of the crisis, arboviruses, Hurricane Melissa, and the intensification of the United States’ economic, commercial, and financial blockade against the island.

The expert, who is also a first- and second-degree specialist in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Emphasized that the eastern territory has the lowest rate among the provinces with more than 5,000 births and that work will continue in 2026 to reduce that number.

He highlighted the work of the maternity ward at Vladimir Ilich Lenin Hospital, the largest on the Caribbean island. Also where the highest number of births occur, which concluded with a rate of 2.7 per 1,000 live births.

In addition, Piriz Assa praised the work of the Neonatology services. With a 98.8 percent survival rate, and the Regional Center for Neonatal Surgery. Which attends to newborns from eastern Cuba who undergo surgery in the first hours of life.

The World Health Organization recognizes the reduction of infant mortality as one of the fundamental milestones for increasing reproductive efficiency. Therefore, in Cuba, despite exhibiting low indicators. A comprehensive strategy is adopted from the beginning of pregnancy. Aimed at reducing the risk of fetal and maternal death.

These projects include intersectoral collaboration for transportation, the operation of maternity homes. Nutrition for pregnant women, clinical and genetic monitoring, among other areas prioritized by the Ministry of Public Health.

With information from CNA

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