The Mountain Research Station of Mayarí (EIIM) has included two projects in the Territorial Program for Sustainable Development of the Mountains in the northeastern province of Holguín.
Dr. Luis Velázquez has directed one of the most humane projects promoted by the Public Health system in recent years: advancing in the search for new therapeutic targets to treat Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2 (SCA2), a hereditary and progressive disease of high prevalence in Cuba and mainly in the province of Holguín, whose prevalence and incidence rates have not been surpassed by any other country.
The University of Holguín (UHo) promotes the development of distance classes based on the existing computer infrastructure to reinforce the teaching-learning process in the midst of the current epidemiological situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Office of Regulation and Environmental Safety (ORSA), of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment in the province of Holguín, continues its main activities even with the mobility restrictions implemented to contain COVID-19, with several municipalities in limited autochthonous transmission in the territory.