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The register of hospital infections will be published from September Institutional data on healthcare-related infections will be made public from September, Health Minister Zsolt Hegedűs announced in his speech before the agenda in Parliament. He added that this is proof of a real change of attitude of the healthcare management, because in Semmelweis' country, the reduction of hospital infections cannot be a secondary matter. "Today, it is only worth talking about Hungarian health care honestl…

Santo Domingo.-The Ministry of Public Health continues to advance in the implementation of coverage for children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), as part of the actions aimed at guaranteeing timely and continuous access to treatment. In this context, the Minister of Health, Víctor Atallah, held a meeting with parents of children living with this condition, to whom he informed about the progress made and the measures that are underway to ensure the care and therapeutic continuity of the patien…

Santo Domingo Norte.–President Luis Abinaderinaugurated this Saturday the renovated and expanded Hacienda Estrella Municipal Hospital, a modern health infrastructure that, starting today, strengthens medical care in the municipal district and guarantees dignified, timely and higher quality health services to more than 60,000 inhabitants, as part of the Government's actions to continue strengthening the Public Health Network, expand the response capacity of hospital centers and bring services clo…

Santo Domingo.- Before the start of the XXV Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026, the executive director of the National Health Service (SNS), Dr. Julio Landrón, led a supervision tour of the Dr. José Joaquín Puello General Teaching Hospital, where he assured that the Public Health Services Network is prepared to respond in a timely manner to any eventuality that may arise with athletes, delegations or visitors during the sporting event. Accompanied by the center's management…

Santo Domingo.–The National Health Service (SNS) will begin next week the first stage of intervention at the Salvador B. Gautier Hospital, as part of the comprehensive renovation process carried out by the government of President Luis Abinader to strengthen the infrastructure and response capacity of this emblematic health center. The executive director of the SNS, Dr. Julio César Landrón, reported that, once the mobilization plan for the Emergency area has been agreed upon and the relocation o…

Benin is resolutely committed to a major reform of its child health system. On Monday July 20, 2026, the Health Sector Regulatory Authority (ARS), in close collaboration with a college of pediatricians meeting in Cotonou, officially prevalidated 18 pediatric care standards. These documents, now elevated to the rank of enforceable medical references, are intended to establish themselves as the essential methodological compasses for all medical practices within national hospital establishments. T…

Santo Domingo. –The Ministry of Health reinforced the “Let's Beat Dengue” campaign, after developing preventive days that have impacted more than 1.1 million people, and more than 6,000 sectors have been intervened and some 502,228 homes have been reached throughout the country during this year 2026, in search of strengthening actions to prevent and control this disease. Under the motto “Eliminate, clean and cover”, the initiative was carried out simultaneously in the Provincial Directorates an…