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• 11 / 16 / 2008

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SIBEN specified it is wonderful that approximately 995 children per 1,000 born alive in the island celebrate their first year of life, Granma paper reported Saturday.

Sola stressed the the Ibero-American region can learn much from Cuba on the work of prevention of diseases and lower infant mortality rates, reason why he expressed his desire to increase interaction and cooperation with the local specialists.

Sola also favored the election of this Caribbean nation to headquarter the 7th Congress of the Ibero-American Society of Neonatology in 2010, in which delegates of the region and guests from Europe and US will participate.

(PL)