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Holguin Marks World Week of Allergy

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The newly created Holguin Chapter of the Cuban Society of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology (SCAAIC) will develop on the 27th and 28th of April  its First Territorial Day with the participation of some 100 specialists from all over the country, as part of the activities for the World Allergy Week 2018, scheduled from 22 to 28 this month.
 
Holguin will host the main activities of the SCAAIC for the important commemoration, this year under the slogan "Atopic dermatitis, Eczema: An Itch that Rashes", which affects the quality of life of many patients.
 
In the event, based in the Lucía Íñiguez Landín clinical and surgical hospital, includes round tables, posters, plenary sessions and lectures by leading specialists, among them DrC Alexis Labrada Rosado, director of Research and Development of the National Center for Bio-prepared products, which will speak on the "Present and future of immunotherapy for allergy. The Cuban experience. "
 
Dr. Mirtha Álvarez Castelló, president of SCAAIC and Raúl Castro Almarales, a Second Degree specialist in Allergology, will present the Cuban practical guide for skin tests and immunotherapy in Allergology.
 
Dr. Angel Rolando Estupiñán Pupo, president of the Holguin Chapter of the Cuban Society of Allergy, stressed the importance of the event for the 35 members of that group in the territory, as they will have the opportunity to exchange with allergists from the island dedicated to research and direct care of patients.
 
He pointed out that the province is currently included in a national immunotherapy trial (allergy vaccine).