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Municipal Institutions Help Reduce Mortality.

CUBA, January 11th, 2011.- While in the past year, 23 municipalities across Cuba remained at zero infant mortality rate, others such as Mariel, in the province of Artemis, managed to impose new historic markers, AIN reported.

Dr. Mabel  Careaga Perez responsible for Maternal and Infant Care Program (PAMI) in the town, told the press the rate there was 1.6 per thousand births, a number unthinkable before the triumph of the Revolution.

Careaga Pérez said this meant that adequate nutrition of pregnant women, the meticulous care and the joint work of all agencies had made these results possible, comparable to highly developed nations.

PAMI reports on Mariel show that in the period there were 602 births, which represents a falling birth rate compared to 2009, when 643 infants were born in 2010.

Currently in the existing maternity homes in the People's Councils  Cabañas and Mariel conditions are created for, if necessary, pregnant women who are hospitalized as required.

Cuba has been systematically reducing the infant mortality rate despite suffering the consequences of a criminal economic, financial and trade exercised by the Government of the United States on the island for more than five decades.

In 2010 Cuba ended with an infant mortality rate of 4.5 per thousand live births, the lowest in the country in its history, according to reports from the Ministry of Public Health.

The network of clinics and health institutions established in all municipalities allowed it to reach that achievement, and improve care for mothers and children. (Cubaminrex-Granma)

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