Four children admitted for diphtheria Robert Reid Cabral
Health February 4, 2023 | 8:17 am
Four children of different ages have been diagnosed with diphtheria at the Robert Reid Cabral Hospital. Diphtheria is a vaccine-preventable disease. The children come from communities in Barahona a[...]Authorities vaccinate against cholera in prisons and schools
Health February 3, 2023 | 9:30 am
The Ministry of Public Health launched its house-to-house immunization plan in schools, as well as in the various areas where they cross the border with Haiti and in tw[...]Public Health begins vaccination against cholera in schools in La Zurza
Health February 1, 2023 | 10:01 am
The Ministry of Public Health began the process of cholera vaccination in schools in the La Zurza sector of the National District on Tuesday, the first town in the coun[...]Specialist calls not to lower your guard against cholera
Health January 30, 2023 | 11:07 am
Santo Domingo, DR With the introduction of the cholera vaccine, it can be expected that cases will be brought under control. Still, the country must maintain active disease surveillance to prevent ne[...]Public Health detects 7 new cases of cholera in Santo Domingo East
Health January 30, 2023 | 7:25 am
The Ministry of Public Health notified yesterday of seven new cholera cases, six Dominican residents of Villa Liberación and Solares del Almirante in Santo Domingo East. A communication released t[...]Seven people are hospitalized for suspected cholera in Greater Santo Domingo
Health January 29, 2023 | 12:05 pm
As of this Saturday, seven people remained hospitalized for suspicion of cholera in different hospitals of Greater Santo Domingo. This was announced to Diario Libre by Dr. Yocasta Lara, director of[...]Lack of hygiene, the main problem in fighting cholera
Health January 28, 2023 | 10:00 am
Santo Domingo DR The environment in which many families in popular neighborhoods of Greater Santo Domingo live is clouded by the precarious hygienic conditions in which they develop their daily life.[...]SNS delivers equipment worth nearly eight million pesos to hospitals in North Central Region
Health January 28, 2023 | 8:27 am
Santiago - The National Health Service (SNS) delivered this Friday new equipment to four hospitals of the North Central Regional Health Service (SRSNorcentral), valued at RD$7,947,029.00 pesos, as par[...]Dominican girl leaves words before trying to take her own life
Health January 27, 2023 | 10:01 am
A young Dominican woman suffering from depression posted heartbreaking words on social media, describing her current situation and her intention to end her life because[...]Robert Reid Hospital inaugurates unit for the management of patients with cholera
Health January 27, 2023 | 8:31 am
The Robert Reid Cabral Pediatric Hospital opened its Cholera Unit on Thursday in the health center's isolation room to provide special care to children who exhibit symp[...]Villa Liberación treatment plants are sources of contamination
Health January 27, 2023 | 8:19 am
The two wastewater treatment plants started by Hipólito Mejia's (2000-2004) and Leonel Fernández's (2008-2012) governments in the Villa Liberación sector of Santo Do[...]Program of cochlear implants in boys and girls with hearing impairment presented by the First Lady and Vice President
Health January 26, 2023 | 10:02 am
The Cabinet for Children and Adolescents, in collaboration with the Ministries of Public Health (Mispas), the National Health Service (SNS), and the National Health Ins[...]Government of Japan donates CT scanners to centers in the country
Health January 25, 2023 | 12:00 pm
The Japanese government donated three tomographs to the country yesterday, which will go to the Doctor Vinicio Calventi Hospital in Los Alcarrizos, the Regional Univers[...]Authorities close a water processing plant in Santo Domingo Este due to unsanitary conditions
Health January 23, 2023 | 1:00 pm
The health authorities ordered the closure of a water processing and bottling plant for violating General Health Law 42-01 and its Public Health Regulation 258-01. Agua[...]Ministry of Public Health reports six new cases of cholera
Health January 23, 2023 | 8:10 am
The Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (Mispas), through the Vice Ministry of Collective Health and its General Directorate of Epidemiology (Digepi), repor[...]Cholera in Haiti: nearly 500 deaths
Health January 22, 2023 | 10:00 am
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Nearly four months after its reappearance in Haiti, the number of cholera victims has risen to 496 dead, the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) reported Saturday. [...]What Public Health will do against malaria in San Juan
Health January 22, 2023 | 9:05 am
The Minister of Health and Social Assistance, Daniel Rivera, visited several places in this province, starting at the San Juan Provincial Directorate Regional VI, where he ordered to reinforce of the [...]Another cholera death suspected in Santo Domingo East
Health January 21, 2023 | 10:48 am
Santo Domingo This Friday, another person died in the Villa Liberación sector, in El Almirante, Santo Domingo East, presumably from cholera, but laboratory tests will be needed to confirm this. T[...]Population of heart failure patients gets younger in the Dominican Republic
Health January 20, 2023 | 3:00 pm
Cedimat, specialists, and the University of Bologna collaborated to improve Dominicans' cardiovascular health, with assistance from the two embassies. In the Dominican [...]The cases of cholera in the Dominican Republic rise to 25; Vaccines coming next week
Health January 19, 2023 | 8:11 am
The Ministry of Public Health announced this week that 85,000 doses of the cholera vaccine will be delivered to the country the following week. These vaccines will be d[...]
