Miriam Alvarez, member of the event’s Organizing Committee, told ACN that the meeting, held at Club Amigo, in Guardalavaca Beach, is aimed at the exchange of researchers on topics related to nutrition, pharmaceutical products, addictions and AIDS, among others.
   This congress, she added, is characterized by its community nature and intends to raise public awareness on issues affecting people in their home environment, neighborhoods or workplaces.
   Alvarez commented that delegates from countries like Ecuador, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Angola, Spain, Russia and Slovakia will carry out on Friday a tour of the Alcides Pino Popular Council of the city of Holguin, where they will learn more about the development of different health community projects.
   Legna Gandarilla, president of the event’s Scientific Committee, underlined that the meeting will include symposiums and workshops, some of which will be dedicated to parasitic diseases and quality of life, and exercises and recreation.
   The opening lecture of this first day of sessions, she explained, was in charge of Dr. Orlando Landrove, head of the National Program of Non-Transmissible Diseases, which was followed by a lecture by Raul Perez, director of the National Institute for Nutrition and Food Hygiene.
   The congress, which winds up on Friday, has brought together, in its first three editions, over 500 experts from 11 nations, with the purpose of consolidating actions between different disciplines and sectors leading to the achievement of better quality of life for the population.