Havana: Cuba achieved in 2020 a total of 7,027 pregnancies through the Infertile Couple Attention Program, the highest figure achieved since its creation in 2016, when it had a network of services with universal coverage, Dr. Roberto Alvarez Fumero, coordinator of the program, told Radio Rebelde.
The doctor affirmed that 25,574 new couples were assisted in the municipal and provincial clinics and in the four high-tech assisted reproduction centers, located in the Hermanos Ameijeiras and Ramon Gonzalez Coro (Havana), Gustavo Aldereguia Lima (Cienfuegos) and Vladimir Ilich Lenin (Holguin) hospital.
70 percent of the pregnancies resulted in municipal consultations. Similarly, based on integrated actions and organizational measures, the frequency of consultations was guaranteed and a greater flow of couples to provincial services, where 2,650 women were inseminated