Cuba is free of dengue cases today due to the existence of an epidemiological security service system that allow to control an increasing problem existing all over the world, affirmed Cuban deputy minister of health Gonzalo Estevez.

The doctor emphasized that the country is free of infection thanks to the national sustainability program the country is carrying to fight the aedes aegypti's mosquito, carrier of the disease.

In declarations to the National Information Agency Estevez explained that although the disease appears every years the purpose is to eliminate small outbreaks and cases with possible diagnose.

He highlighted the educational actions within the community, where the family plays the main role intensifying the searching and defusing of aedes aegyptis' breeding grounds which increase during summer.

Cuba is deeply involved in dengue's control and its vector thanks to the political willingness of the government and the abilities of the health staff, which is recognized worldwide.

Source: Prensa Latina