[NYTr] Cuba's Work in Pediatrics Recognized at World Forum

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Cuban Work in Pediatrics Recognized at World Forum

Havana, September 4 (acn) Cuba was appointed as a member of the 
Permanent Council of the International Pediatrics Association (IPA) for 
the 2007-2010 three-year period for its outstanding results in the 
field.

During the 25th World Congress on Pediatrics that concluded over the 
weekend in Athens, Greece, with the participation of more than six 
thousand specialists from 133 countries, it was announced that 
Professor and Doctor on Medical Sciences Fernando Dominguez Dieppa, who 
is also the President of the Cuban Pediatrics Association, will hold 
the island's post.

Speaking to ACN, Dominguez Dieppa stressed that the appointment was in 
recognition of the Cuban achievements in the field that include the 
fact that Cuba has already attained the millennium goals in children's 
health, which is only a dream for other nations.

Dominguez Dieppa is the second Cuban personality to hold this post in 
the world leading pediatrics organization. The first one was Professor 
and Doctor Enzo Dueñas, currently the Honorary President of the Cuban 
Pediatrics Association, who was the President of the Latin American 
Pediatrics Association in the late 1980s.

During the World Congress on Pediatrics, the Cuban delegates spoke of 
their achievements in the sector, including the excellent infant 
mortality rate achieved on the island in 2006: 5.3 deaths per every 
1000 live births, one of the lowest in the world and even better than 
that of the United States, which is seven.

Cuba's experience in the prevention and handling of early and late 
infections in children was another important part of the Cuban 
delegates' presentation at the world forum.