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The province of Ciego de Ávila has an infant mortality rate of 3.4 per thousand live births at the end of the first half of the year, a figure that places the territory below the national average.
Sara Maria Herrera Oliva, Head of the Maternal and Child Health Program (PAMI) emphasized the need to strengthen all aspects of health prevention, mainly in primary care, to avoid complications during pregnancy.
He clarified that among the actions implemented recently is the introduction of Doppler flowmetering, a noninvasive method used during pregnancy to evaluate fetal blood flow by ultrasound.
Although the birth rate has risen to 2,335 births, 121 more than at the same stage of the previous year, statistics are still low, so indicators tend to destabilize any difficulty .
The low birthweight index presents results that must be overcome with 5.33 per thousand live births, higher than the limit of five, with a more negative impact in the municipalities of Venezuela, Bolivia, Ciro Redondo and Morón. [19659002] The preschool death rate (one to four years) is maintained in three and the school (one to 14 years) in one, while a maternal death due to an indirect cause is reported in the period.
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