Natural and traditional medicine has gained importance in health centers in this Cuban province used to prevent and diagnose diseases and employ treatments of rehabilitation.

Cuba will host on Saturday the Latin American Free Software Installation Festival (FLISOL) in another effort to pave the way for the use of this kind of programs in the island.

Five countries' Specialists will begin Monday the International Seminar "Sustainability of Saint Lucia Chico River Basin: A problem of Florida or strategic resources in the region?"

Villa Clara decreased the rate of infant mortality during the first quarter of the current 1 year, 6 per thousand births, against 5, 9 in a similar period of 2009, which is considered the lowest in the history of the province, which is now is the best in the country.

The news related to the vaccination campaign that develops our country against the influenza virus A (H1N1) generated great impact on families of Villa Clara.

Stem cell transplants is a new surgical procedure recently introduced at the Arnaldo Milián Castro Hospital in the central province of Villa Clara to treat patients with orthopaedic conditions and traumas.

Over half a million children will be immunized during the 49th National Anti-Polio Vaccination Campaign starting tomorrow, which will be divided into two stages.

China's Council of State conferred Cuban Doctor Agustin Lage the 2009 International Science and Technology Cooperation Award for his contribution to bilateral collaboration development in biotechnology.

The Cuban Institute of Meteorology reported significant low
temperatures in at least 17 locations all over the country, including some provincial capitals, and forecasted a predominance of winter conditions for the weekend.

The Cuban population stopped its tendency to decrease during the three-year period from 2006 to 2008 with a slight increase in 2009.