The guarantee of free medical care to the Cuban population became since the triumph of the Revolution a fundamental social paradigms. Humanistic and social justice essentially characterizes our revolutionary process, between the sectors of health, specialized care for women and children. Quoted Ph.D. Yamilet Borrego Morales, Head of Health Medical Department on the strategy of the territory.
How take the actions?
Primary health care in Cuba is a precedent in international public health, particularly with the implementation and development of family doctors since 1984. Program of the physician and family nurse, was ratified as the axis of current strategic development, other strategies are directed from and depending on it.
How are women and children attend in San Antonio de los Baños?
Since the health area, the first step of care is conceived. The vaccination program for children is conceived as a system according to the ages and is further provided within the Maternal Child Program which focuses on the mother and the baby. In addition to children particularly given tracking queries field, interconsultations with pediatricians, psychologists, nutritionists and other medical specialties as required by their state of health. Other projects down for the comprehensive health care of mother and child, including the creation and development of maternity homes, neonatal screening, with the dosage of alpha-fetoprotein, phenylketonuria diagnosis, sickle cell anemia and congenital hypothyroidism.
Life expectancy at birth increased for both sexes, in women 80.02 years which is also directly related to morbidity and mortality attention. How behave the care to the ariguanabense woman?
Preventive medicine is part of health services from the office so the nurse and family doctor offer educational talks on healthy eating habits, consumption of plant introduction to healthy eating, sports practice, reducing salt intake and eliminate cigarette smoking and alcohol. Among the causes of death in women for decades are: heart disease, malignant neoplasms, cerebrovascular disease and accidents. Ischemic disease is the largest contributor to mortality from heart disease, followed by heart failure and hypertensive disease, which is consistent with the greater number of women who arrive at older ages.
What does the territory to ensure the women health?
Women of childbearing age with pre -conception risk is oriented prescription of folic acid to prevent birth defects, stresses the proper family planning, condom use, held on the importance of breast self-examination and be done once a year cytological evidence for this in the territory have a colposcope mammography equipment and two high efficiency in the detection of early cervical cancer.