San Antonio de los Baños, Artemisa, Cuba.- The Maternal and Child Care Program (MCCP), has positive indicators in this area as a priority in primary health care. The rate of low birth weight is below the national indicator, which is five per thousand births.
However there are deficiencies in the control of preconception reproductive risk to pregnant women at risk, so measures are applied such as the timely entry in the Maternal Home.
The lawyer, Crucelda Estrada Guerra, Head of the Promotion Department for Health and Disease Prevention said that in San Antonio de los Baños the psychoprofilaxiz for delivery is applied in polyclinic 1; office No 14 and 15, with 17 pregnant and in polyclinic 2 of the Maternal Home with 15. Teachers of Physical Education teach these activities. Moreover, the control infants is established through basic working groups with a pediatrician in each area.
