Havana, Dec 15 (ACN) When the economic situation in Cuba is met has affected all sectors, natural and traditional medicine (NCD) shows flattering steps and gains acceptance in the population, issues discussed today by members of the Assembly National People’s Power in view of the Sixth Ordinary Session of the current Legislature.
During a joint meeting of the Health and Sport and Agri-Food commissions, Dr. Johan Perdomo, head of the MNT Department of the Ministry of Public Health, said that by the end of November some 674 tonnes of vegetable mass would be delivered, the basis for the drug production.
According to the report presented to the parliamentarians, until October 39 million 916 thousand 742 services were provided with MNT and compliance with the main indicators is maintained, despite the reorganization of services due to the incidence of COVID-19.
From the Guidelines of the Economic and Social Policy of the Party and the Revolution, the political will to promote the implementation of Natural and Traditional Medicine is evident, based on the insurance of production, marketing of natural products and medical assistance.
This year the basic picture of natural products grew to 172 outlets – two more than the previous one – and the production plan has already been fulfilled, with a figure of more than 97 million 014 thousand units, made in local centers and in industry. .
By videoconference with the provinces from the Convention Center of the capital, it is detailed that in the units producing medicinal plants – with a group of economic limitations – has worked to meet the demand for medicinal plants; and in that line, 115 producers were selected in order to encourage the planting of deficit species.
Perdomo specified that the provincial units of seven territories benefited and seven solar dryers were acquired (one of the elements that affect the production); in the meantime 26 centers of local production were rehabilitated and already the country arrives at the number of 76.
He also pointed out that of the construction actions planned this year for 10 centers, only one remains in Havana, the same amount in Ciego de Ávila and two in Villa Clara.
Natural and traditional medicine has contributed to the fight against COVID-19 from the pharmaceutical services –cotone–, through the production of anti-cataracts, the homeopathic medicine PrevengHoVir and the execution of three projects included in the Public Register of Clinical Trials.
The monitoring of national demand leads to the adoption of measures, he said, including the recovery of more than 26 million 300 thousand bottles to respond to productive needs.
At the end of November, explained the manager, there were 58 missing lines, 33.7 percent of the basic table; 40 of which are locally produced and in the whole index the deficit of imported raw materials.
For the coming calendar, the execution of about 135 research projects is foreseen, of which about thirty are in development; and will increase publications on the subject in specialized journals.
From agriculture there is availability of land to continue to increase production and labor groups of these units have clarity and commitment to the responsibility they contract with the program, weighs on the difficulties with agricultural equipment and technologies.
In advance of this session will visit 58 municipalities, 204 entities linked to medical care, local production centers, agricultural structures; and the two thousand people were contacted, said Dr. Cristina Luna Morales, chair of the Health and Sports Commission.
The academic training program is developed in 11 provinces and two scenarios (Matances and Camagüey) were accredited by the National Accreditation Board.
The deputies agreed, however, on the need to continue to prioritize the prescription of natural and traditional medicine in all its forms; and to insist on the preparation of students.
For the capital’s deputy Mariela Castro, it is essential to keep in mind that this is a set of elements and techniques, without a specific medicine.
He pointed out that in the archipelago there are potential for development, including the fact of not being a highly industrialized country, a guarantee for derived products that are organic and without harmful effects on health.
Marelis Castillo, also a deputy from Havana, advocated for greater preparation in the profile of natural and traditional medicine for its use and in areas of generating confidence in the population when these drugs are prescribed by a doctor.
We also point out that this type of medicine represents a sustainable saving for the national economy, while ensuring a quality healthcare service.
In the province of Holguín, for example, they have 26 specialists, 32 residents and six vertical inmates in the specialty; several diplomas have been given to primary health care professionals.
Some deputies called for the banishment of the term “alternative” when referring to the MNT, to understand that there is not only one more branch of medicine, robust and with many strengths, which must be assumed by the Galenians as of.
Resolution 381 of 2015 of the Ministry of Public Health recognizes that the NCD is a medical, integrative and holistic specialty of health problems that uses methods for health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation from the traditional medical systems and other therapeutic modalities that integrate with each other.