This week, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) hosted an event to launch new guidelines aimed at treating perinatal depression in Yemen. The Thinking Healthy Program Guideline, developed by the IRC and the Ministry of Public Health and Population in Yemen, will train community health workers to support expecting and new mothers with depression using cognitive behavioral techniques.
The Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR) of Cuba announced on Saturday the closure of several facilities at the Carlos J. Finlay Centra.
The Public Health Ministry has proposed tightening the definition of a drug user by limiting the legally permissible number of methamphetamine tablets, aka ya ba, from the current threshold of five pills to one to seal a loophole that benefits drug dealers.