Holguin stands out among the Cuban provinces with more health personnel in medical collaboration abroad, with 3,522 health workers distributed in 45 countries at the end of 2017.

Since 2016, the World Kidney Day is celebrated each year throughout the world on the second Thursday of March, as initiative of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations (IFKF), aimed at promoting renal health, starting from of prevention.

The software Imagis® 2.0 is being installed in the three provincial hospitals of Holguín, with the purpose of improving the quality of the Imageology Services, as part of the Eastern Network of Medical Images project in Cuba.

In meeting to assess the results achieved in 2017, health authorities in the province of Holguin focused their debates on the analysis of the difficulties faced in the stage and set work priorities for this year, aimed at improving the welfare of the population and quality of services received.