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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Cuban Infant Mortality Rate Has Doubled Due to the U.S. Blockade Tightening </h1></div>
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<p><img width="558" height="314" src="https://ikona.telesurenglish.net/content/uploads/2026/06/Cardiocirugia-pediatrica_1-768x432.jpg.webp" alt="" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" style="margin-right: 0px;"></p><p>Cuban doctor takes care of a newborn. Photo: Servicios Medicos Cubanos.</p>
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<h2>The rate rose from 4.0 per 1,000 live births in 2017 to 9.9 in 2025.</h2>
<p>On Wednesday, the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
reported that the tightening of the U.S. blockade against Cuba has a
direct impact on children\u2019s health. The infant mortality rate has
doubled, rising from 4.0 per 1,000 live births in 2017 to 9.9 in 2025. </p>
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<p>These figures represent the loss of approximately 1,800 children due
to a lack of essential medical resources. Meanwhile, the survival rate
for children with cancer has fallen from 85% to 65% due to energy
shortages, which affect the operation of hospitals and medical
equipment. </p>
<p>The Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reports that some 12,000
children are awaiting elective or reconstructive surgeries, within a
national waiting list that exceeds 100,000 patients, including more than
5,000 cancer cases.</p>
<p>The National Immunization Program, which includes 16 vaccines, faces
risks due to a lack of raw materials and equipment. Furthermore, 300 of
the 395 essential medicines are in short supply, and production of
diagnostic tools for early cancer detection has been halted.</p>
<p>The energy crisis has led to blackouts lasting more than 20 hours a
day, affecting cooking, access to drinking water, and communications.
More than 100,000 children have stopped receiving their daily subsidized
liter of milk, and rationed bread has been reduced from 80 to 60 grams
due to flour shortages.</p>
<p>The report denounces that 170 containers of essential goods, 11,000
tons of food from the World Food Programme (WFP), and shipments from
UNICEF and UNDP remain stranded in ports or are being distributed
slowly.</p>
<p>The executive orders of January 29 and May 1 extended the
extraterritorial effects of the blockade, prompting the departure of
foreign corporations such as Sherritt International, Blue Diamond,
Melia, and Iberostar, as well as the disruption of shipping services by
companies like CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd.</p>
<p><strong><em>teleSUR: JP</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Source: EFE</em></strong></p></div></div></div>
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