Hygiene

Controversy in Cuba over the Letter of the Year 2026: "It seems written by the PCC," say Cubans

Flood alert in low-lying areas of El Vedado after heavy rain

New mothers surrounded by cockroaches in a hospital in Santiago de Cuba

Viral peak and shadow figures: underreporting obstructs understanding the true scale of the dengue and chikungunya epidemic in Las Tunas

Cubans to the Deputy Minister of MINSAP: "How long are you going to keep lying and laughing at the people?"

Havana is accumulating waste, and the government admits it does not know how much is being generated

Health authorities in Matanzas are warning about an increase in respiratory infections

Workers from Minrex are assigned to fumigate in Plaza de la Revolución

Arbovirus in Ciego de Ávila: official press acknowledges that the government acted too late when the neighborhoods were already sick

Reports of terrible conditions at the children's hospital in Santiago de Cuba

Viral outbreak leaves a deceased doctor and a sick building in the heart of Santiago de Cuba

Trash in front of the cemetery: neglect in Guantánamo no longer even respects the dead at San Rafael Cemetery

Cuban doctor denounces healthcare collapse in hospital: “Once again the trucks, once again the silence”

Activist denounces epidemiological crisis in Cuba: "The country is getting sick and the regime knows it."

From a clean city to a hotspot for infections: garbage, mosquitoes, and diseases are transforming the face of Holguín

“We live among garbage and diseases”: mountains of waste suffocate Havana amid a health crisis

Havana is facing a critical situation with dengue and chikungunya: "There are no exact figures on cases."

Patients sleep on beds filled with bugs at the Psychiatric Hospital of Santa Clara

The military continues to be responsible for garbage collection in Havana

Alert for hepatitis outbreak in schools of Las Tunas

Active transmission of dengue confirmed in Morón and Ciego de Ávila

In the midst of a health crisis, residents of Ciro Redondo have been living surrounded by sewage water for over a month

They denounce the deplorable state of the bathrooms in the maternity ward of the provincial hospital in Ciego de Ávila

Hepatitis outbreak in Las Tunas? Health authorities respond

Holguín reports cases of dengue and chikungunya in nearly all its municipalities

Ciego de Ávila intensifies garbage collection in light of the circulation of Oropouche and suspicions of chikungunya

From minimizing dirt to sweeping it away: Johana Tablada joins the cleanup of garbage in Havana

Tourist paradise? No, this is Cuba: mountains of trash and bones for the people

"My God, have mercy on Cuba": a testimony reveals the decay and precariousness in Havana

Las Tunas: leaders blame citizens and private businesses for the deterioration of hygiene

Las Tunas adrift: noise, garbage, vandalism, and impunity define daily life, residents assert

A few meters from Varadero, Santa Marta is drowning in garbage and diseases

Neighbors set fire to a large garbage dump in Centro Habana

Cases of fever are on the rise in Ciego de Ávila: dengue, chikungunya, and a confirmed case of Oropouche pose a threat to the population

Official journalist on the garbage in Havana: there is rampant institutional indifference

A Minrex official justifies the dirtiness of Havana: "We are not the country with the most trash."

A garbage dump and overflowing pit turn a central corner of Sancti Spíritus into a symbol of neglect and unsanitary conditions

Rancho Luna, the coastal gem of Cienfuegos, is sinking under a sea of garbage and neglect

Croquette dough lying on the floor: complaints about unsanitary conditions and abuses at state-owned food plant in Havana

"Pity, disgust, and shame": a Cuban shows the condition of the hospital where her grandfather was taken in Guantánamo

"There are people who live smelling the stench of feces": Young person reports unsanitary conditions and neglect on the streets in Cuba

Trash invades the railway lines in Cuba, putting road safety and human lives at risk

Double threat in Pinar del Río: rising dengue cases and circulation of respiratory viruses

“Take your water from here if you're going to Cuba”: Cuban mother travels to the island with her baby, and he gets sick

"It is taking over the most beautiful places in our province": Young person laments the state of litter in Matanzas

Pastor and his family are being harassed by State Security in Matanzas

New Gerona without public restrooms: a boulevard with a bad smell and zero solutions

"Every day our surroundings are more destroyed": Cuban in Matanzas shows the streets of her neighborhood, amid garbage and potholes

The garbage conquers Cienfuegos: Who cleans the "cleanest city"?

Cuban in Matanzas shows the reality of the streets: "Every day they are dirtier and the garbage bins are overflowing."

Residents of Vedado report an increase in trash dumps and warn about the impending hurricane season

"The meat situation is very crazy; it's full of flies": Spanish YouTuber visits agromarket in Cuba

Widespread shortages in Santiago de Cuba: No bread, no gas, and hygiene products every three months

A bedbug plague spreads in Artemisa, while authorities downplay the issue

YouTuber shows motel prices in Havana and Cubans react: Where is the last one located?

Cuban woman shows trash can in her neighborhood: "The houses are full of flies and mosquitoes."

Elderly woman from Guantánamo lives with a plague of mice in her house

Cockroaches and bedbugs invade pediatric hospital in Havana

She returns to Cuba after seven years and is shocked: "It’s disturbing; it’s not a place to visit."

Official media denounces makeshift dump in Sancti Spíritus