This May 17, World Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, activists from the different support networks reached areas of the urban center of Camagüey to carry out health promotion and prevention work
Camagüey, Cuba, May 18.- The coincidence of two important world days in the health field motivated the exchange in the community of health specialists and promoters.
Regarding High Blood Pressure Day, workers from the municipal directorates of Hygiene and Epidemiology, and the ProSalud Camagüey team arrived at the Territorial Division of ETECSA where health information was exchanged, rapid response kits were applied and educational materials were donated for the medical center of that institution.
Dra. Elizabeth de Quesada Rodríguez, head of the Non-communicable Chronic Diseases Program, explained that there is a high prevalence of hypertension in the country, which is a risk factor for other diseases such as heart and cerebrovascular diseases.
He invited people to take their blood pressure regularly to achieve control, «learning to live with the condition through healthy lifestyles is possible», he said.
For her part, Dra. Raisa Martín Pérez, head of the Chronic Communicable Diseases Program, commented that the condom is the most effective method to avoid sexual transmission, while highlighting the nation’s results in confronting the Immunodeficiency Virus epidemic. Human such as non-transmission of HIV, hepatitis or syphilis during childbirth.
Camagüey is among the municipalities with the highest prevalence rate in the country, which is why early diagnosis of the disease and each person knowing their serological status is essential; In addition, at the José Martí Polyclinic, in the princely city, there is a separate consultation for patients and their families.
This May 17, World Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, activists from the different support networks reached areas of the urban center of Camagüey to carry out health promotion and prevention work.
By Diosmel Galano Oliver/Radio Camagüey