[Cuban experience in immunization, 1962-2016Experiência cubana em imunização, 1962-2016].

The Immunization Program of Cuba was created in 1962 as a result of the political, economic and social transformations initiated in 1959, when communicable diseases -among them those preventable by vaccines- were the main cause of morbidity and mortality in children. Its organization and uninterrupted implementation allowed that six diseases, two serious clinical forms and two serious complications were eliminated, and the remaining ones have incidence and mortality rates that do not represent a health problem. In Cuba, an average of 4.

[Active surveillance of adverse effects of Pandemrix vaccine to prevent influenza A(H1N1) in Cuba].

Introduction: in April 2009, a new virus was identified in Mexico and North America as the cause of a respiratory disease. The virus quickly spread over other countries. On June 11, 2009 the World Health Organization (WHO) reported cases in 74 countries and territories located in 2 of its regions.