abc.com reported a group of 125 prominent scientists, doctors and medical ethicists released a letter calling for this summer’s Olympic Games to be postponed or moved from Rio de Janeiro due to the ongoing Zika virus outbreak in Brazil.
In a letter directed to World Health Organization Director Dr. Margaret Chan, the group said that new findings about the Zika virus should result in the games being moved or postponed to safeguard the thousands of athletes, staff and reporters scheduled to attend the games. Read Article
phys.org reported Peru declared an environmental emergency on Monday in 11 Amazon jungle districts where mercury pollution blamed on unregulated gold mining is poisoning people and fish. Tests in the southeastern Madre de Dios region found “mercury pollution above the maximum permitted level, affecting river water, water species and local populations,” said a report announcing […]
elcomercio.com reported a total of 135 people, nine of them pregnant, are infected by the virus Zika in Ecuador, according to a report issued today by the Ministry of Health, who notes that there are 217 suspected cases. The greatest number of infected is reported in Manabi (48) and Esmeraldas (20), the provinces most affected […]
Ecuador: Mental health after the earthquake Interview with Ionara Rabelo, MSF psychologist working in Ecuador 19 May 2016 Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) teams are providing psychological and logistical support to people in the areas affected by the 7.8 magnitude Ecuadorian earthquake on 16 April 2016. Health workers in the hardest-hit areas of Ecuador have felt […]
Ten years (2004–2014) of Chagas disease surveillance and vector control in Ecuador: successes and challenges by Leonardo Quinde-Calderón1, Paulina Rios-Quituizaca2, Luis Solorzano and Eric Dumonteil Chagas disease, or American tripanosomiasis, is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which is transmitted through the faeces of hematophagous insects of the triatomine family. Following a short acute […]
HEALTH, SAFETY, SECURITY IN ECUADOR – READ THIS BOOK QUITO, May 11 (Xinhua) news.xinhuanet.com reported the influenza A virus subtype H1N1 has claimed the lives of at least 39 people in Ecuador since April, announced Public Health Minister, Margarita Guevara, on Wednesday. He told local newspapers that up till now 239 cases of affected patients […]
LATIMES.com reported Until now, most Zika research has chronicled damage to newborns who were inadvertently, and haphazardly, exposed to the virus. Now scientists have taken a different tack: They have deliberately infected developing mice pups and tiny clusters of lab-grown brain cells so they could observe and measure the damage that ensued. The results of […]
telesurtv.net reported the Minister of Public Health of Ecuador, Margarita Guevara, said that “there are no epidemics in the disaster area to date” and ruled out possible epidemiological tables. Government of Ecuador will sell assets to help victims “We are in our epidemiological phase, alert and attentive in monitoring to prevent outbreaks and preventable diseases,” […]
Elcomercio April 29, 2016 The number of infected virus in Ecuador to Zik stood at 97, according to a report by the Ministry of Public Health indicates that there are 171 suspected cases of people with the disease. Two more than last week and patients are recorded among pregnant patients are eight, one more than […]
miamidiario.com reported at the end of the first quarter of this year most companies affiliated with the Venezuelan Chamber of Industry Food ensures that accounts with an average of only 15 days of inventory of raw materials and inputs, national and international matters, affecting severely continuity of production. The union said in a statement that […]
zocalo.com.mx REPORTED Ecuadorian hospitals are prepared to confront the epidemic phase that are specific disaster situations, as was the earthquake last April 16, which left nearly 600 dead. The medical director of the hospital Verdi Ceballos, Fredy Saldarriaga, in Puerto Viejo, one of the populations most affected by the quake on the northern coast of […]
oxfam.ca REPORTED – April 22, 2016 Oxfam staff in Ecuador are working with the government to establish the effective distribution system of safe water in Portoviejo and Pedernales, two of the communities worst hit by the 7.8 earthquake that struck the northern coast of the country on April 16th. Two tonnes of water pipes and […]
trtworld.com reported: Mosquito-borne diseases including the Zika virus and dengue fever pose an “immediate threat” to survivors of the devastating earthquake that hit Ecuador four days ago, an international charity said on Thursday. Efforts to help more than 24,000 people whose homes were destroyed or damaged by the 7.8 magnitude quake were hampered by heavy […]
URGENT: elcomercio.com reported the Ecuadorian Red Cross says it needs more O-negative and AB-positive blood for the earthquake victims. The Red Cross says normal demand is 300 pints a day. But after the quake, the need is for 900 pints.Critical blood types are first priority. Read Article JOIN ECUADOR EMERGENCY FACEBOOK GROUP
televisa.com reported The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) issued recommendation 14/2016, addressed to the Director General of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS). The measure was taken inadequate medical care to a patient, attributable to a doctor and responsible for safeguarding the clinical record of the victim, Medical Ambulatory Care Unit No.1 (umaa-1) Regional General […]
dailymail.co.uk – Brazil has resorted to buying up tickets for the Olympic Games and giving them away to children after it emerged that the majority remain unsold just four months before the event opens. The country is facing the embarrassing prospect of empty seats when Rio de Janeiro hosts the sporting extravaganza this summer. Ricardo […]
diariopinion.com / The Coalition of Organizations for the Right to Health and Life and doctors at University Hospital of Caracas demanding that the regime of Nicolas Maduro ensure the supply of drugs. There are 200,000 affected Patients with breast cancer urged the president of the Venezuelan Institute of Social Security (IVSS) to serve more than […]
Anand AC, et al. Trop Gastroenterol. 2006 Oct-Dec. Show full citation Abstract ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ Gastrointestinal (GI) problems at high altitude are commonplace. The manifestations differ considerably in short-term visitors, long-term residents and native highlanders. Ethnic food habits and social norms also play a role in causing GI dysfuntion. Symptoms like nausea and vomiting are common manifestations […]
elcomercio.com reported In Eleven of the 24 provinces have been confirmed affected by the virus Zika in Ecuador, which now totals 75 cases and investigates equal number of suspects, according to the Ministry of Public Health. According to that institution, there have been cases in Esmeraldas (2), Orellana (1), Chimborazo (1), Manabi (24), Santo Domingo […]
The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed Tuesday the existence of six cases of H1N1 flu (known as swine) in Manabi. Melva Morales, the area of health monitoring, explained that three cases are presented in Manta, two in Montecristi and one in Portoviejo. See also: Health confirmed dead with H1N1 flu in Manabi Morales confirmed that […]
Benjamin D. Levine, MD; Julie H. Zuckerman, RN, RDMS; Christopher R. deFilippi, MD /circ.ahajournals.org Abstract Background More than 5 million people/year over age 60 visit high altitude, which may exacerbate underlying cardiac or pulmonary disease. We hypothesized that the elderly would exhibit an impaired functional capacity at altitude, with increased myocardial ischemia compared with sea […]
Effects of Living at Higher Altitudes on Mortality: A Narrative Review Abstract ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Martin Burtscher – Beside genetic and life-style characteristics environmental factors may profoundly influence mortality and life expectancy. The high altitude climate comprises a set of conditions bearing the potential of modifying morbidity and mortality of approximately 400 million people who are permanently residing […]
Neptalí Palma, Eluniverso.com reported Until Thursday, 29 howler monkeys dead have been found in the La Solita, the Montecristi, Manabi, so the Ministry of Health (MOH) began a vaccination campaign against yellow fever and influenza, addressed to the people of the area annexed to the Wildlife Refuge Pacoche Coastal Marina. Edgar Peñafiel, zonal coordinator 4 […]
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES IN DEATH OF YOUNG U.S. CITIZEN DURING AYUAHUASCA CEREMONY Aclaracion Tsunki Chiriap·Thursday, February 18, 2016 On behalf of Miguel Chiriap, we would like to make the following statement regarding the sad passing of our sister Leslie Allison: Miguel Chiriap is an uwishin, traditional Shuar healer, who has been practicing ancestral Shuar medicine for […]
Jorge Chiriboga, Verónica Barragan and others: CDC.gov Abstract Leptospira spp., which comprise 3 clusters (pathogenic, saprophytic, and intermediate) that vary in pathogenicity, infect >1 million persons worldwide each year. The disease burden of the intermediate leptospires is unclear. To increase knowledge of this cluster, we used new molecular approaches to characterize Leptospira spp. in 464 […]
colombiareports.com reported more than 5,000 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, the country’s national health institute said on Saturday, as the disease continues its rapid spread across the Americas. Cases of the virus total 31,555, the institute said in a epidemiology bulletin, among them 5,013 pregnant women. Zika, which has spread […]
news.nau.edu / Veronica Barragan, a doctoral student from Ecuador studying leptospirosis–a prevalent disease in her home country and an emerging one here in the United States–has made some strides in understanding the potentially deadly disease. The Northern Arizona University biology researcher discovered ways to detect the pathogen that is now used to understand how it […]
Rondoniadinamica.com reported the effects of Zika virus with regards to Brazil’s rigid anti-abortion laws. Zooming in on the Atlantic coastal city Recife, the hardest hit region in the country, the source examined situations women can expect to face now that the abortion debate has re-surfaced. Zika virus has been linked to microcephaly in newborn babies, […]
Millions of people across Brazil have joined the first day of the annual carnival festivities despite concerns about the outbreak of the Zika virus. bbc.com reported in Recife, the city most affected by the mosquito-borne disease, more than one million people in colourful costumes have been partying. In Rio de Janeiro, huge crowds of revellers […]
As the author of several books on Ecuador, I spend a lot of time reviewing material on safety, security, and health in Ecuador. Russ Reina a retired paramedic from the U.S. who has lived in Cotacachi for several years has prepared the following primer for expats in Ecuador. I strongly recommend whether you live there […]
Developing Story: Mystery in Ecuador: What happened to Leslie Allison in the Amazon jungle of Ecuador? Young woman from Texas who loved Ecuador dies while participating in Aayahuasca ceremony near Gualaquiza (Morona Santiago) Ecuador. 35 year-old Leslie Allison was a ray of light and a free spirit by any measure if you speak to anyone […]
First case of Zika virus contracted in US mainland, confirmed in Texas, is only second documented example of virus being passed through sexual contact theguardian.com reported officials in Texas have reported the first case of Zika contracted in the US mainland, and said that the virus was sexually transmitted. If confirmed, the case would be […]
Telesurtv.net reported Ecuador’s government announced Thursday that hundreds of soldiers will work to kill infected mosquitos and teach communities how to prevent infection. Ecuador will send 700 troops to a coastal province to help the Health Ministry prevent the spread of the zika virus, which has already infected 22 Ecuadoreans and may have affected 67 […]
Colombia announced Saturday that more than 2,000 pregnant women have been infected with Zika, amid growing concern about the spread of the virus suspected of causing irreversible brain damage in newborns. The National Health Institute reported that Colombia now has 20,297 cases of Zika infection, including 2,116 in expectant mothers. The latest numbers, reported in […]
medicalexpress.com reported the scarcity of water is just one of a long list of headaches for the struggling South American oil giant, but it comes with a particularly nasty risk. As Venezuelans stockpile water in their homes, health officials warn, they risk fueling an expansion of the mosquito population, and with it the transmission of […]
Chikungunya Virus Death paraiba.com.b reported the Hospital of the Restoration in Recife, Brazil’s first confirmed case of acute myositis caused by the chikungunya virus. Danielle Santana, 17, of Pernambuco Indian village of Xucururu, was the first person killed as a result of myositis in Brazil. According to the hospital staff, there are only four registration […]
NPR.org reported the spread of the Zika virus is raising concerns about the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, which are only 189 days away. NPR’s Lourdes Garcia-Navarro reports that the International Olympic Committee is sending an advisory about the mosquito-borne virus to competitors. Here’s more from Lourdes: “The IOC says it will send advice […]
reuters.com reported the mosquito-borne Zika virus, which has been linked to brain damage in thousands of babies in Brazil, is likely to spread to all countries in the Americas except for Canada and Chile, the World Health Organization said on Monday. Zika transmission has not yet been reported in the continental United States, although a […]
telegraph.co.uk/AFP reported… Zika virus: women in Colombia, Ecuador and El Salvador advised to postpone pregnancy Recommendation made by countries’ health ministers after sharp increase in babies born with brain defects in Brazil as US extends travel warning for pregnant women Alarm over thousands of birth defects blamed on the mosquito-borne Zika virus spread on Friday […]
eluniverso.com reported health authorities in Manabi analyze and research zika four suspected cases in Portoviejo. This is an adult aged 65 and three teenagers, two men and a woman aged between 14 and 15 years, said Brucker Garcia, director of the Health District 1 manabita capital. He said that these cases have links with the […]
oxfordjournals.org / Maternal mortality continues to claim the lives of thousands of women in Latin America despite the availability of effective treatments to avert maternal death. In the past, efforts to acknowledge cultural diversity in birth practices had not been clearly integrated into policy. However, in Otavalo (Ecuador) a local hospital pioneered the implementation of […]
telegraph.co.uk reported Olympic fans have been warned there will be no hospital beds for them if they get sick during Rio 2016 after a cash shortage plunged the city into a healthcare crisis. Some major hospitals have been forced to close their doors while even the most seriously ill patients cannot be admitted because of […]
Local Zika Transmission in the Americas Region paho.org/ reported countries and territories with autochthonous transmission reported. Epidemiological Week (EW) 17 of 2015 to EW 2 of 2016 Brazil Colombia Ecuador El Salvador French Guiana Guyana Guatemala Haiti Honduras Martinique Mexico Panama Puerto Rico Paraguay Saint Martin Suriname Venezuela Read Article
Ecuadorian beauty queen died during liposuction procedure she won in contest nydailynews.com reported Catherine Cando, 19, initially refused the slimming medical procedure reasoning that she could work off the weight herself but she was pressured, her brother has claimed. Two doctors at the private clinic have since been arrested for negligence. Prosecutors suspect the teen […]
If in the good times the State has taken the option of a public-private healthcare system, what will happen in lean times like now? Although the Ministry of Public Health has built new hospitals, few have the capacity to take in patients: the vast majority of them have no beds at all. At the same […]
Ecuador reports imported Zika infections via Colombia Posted by Robert Herriman on January 11, 2016 outbreaknewstoday.com The Ministry of Public of Ecuador (MSP) Health, through the National Epidemiological Surveillance confirmed that there have been two laboratory-confirmed Zika virus infections in Quityo residents, according to a news release (computer translated). The patients presented with rash, fever, […]
forbes.com reported the virus you likely never heard of is steadily marching north from Brazil. It’s Zika, spread by Aedes mosquitoes. It’s a flavivirus related to yellow fever, West Nile, Chikungunya, and dengue. The latest two that hit the U.S., Chikungunya and dengue, are painful and bad enough—and dengue can kill people who are infected […]
telesurtv.net reported the graduates are community leaders and were picked by their own community to be part of the program. Over 1,500 community health care assistants graduated in Ecuador on Wednesday in collaboration with the Cuban medical brigade. Following a two-year training by Cuban medical professionals, the 1518 Ecuadorean graduates will work to promote health […]
discovermagazine.com reported this past spring, a street dog and her puppy were captured in Cairo, Egypt. Her vaccination certificates were forged, and she was shipped to the United States by an animal rescue organization in a shipment that included seven other dogs and 27 cats. Days later, following her placement in a Virginian foster home […]
biprepwatch.com reported the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued travel notices this week regarding recent outbreaks of the Zika virus in Mexico, and parts of Central and South America. The CDC reports that the virus has been reported in the following countries as of Thursday: El Salvador, Panama, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Suriname, […]
pinknews.co.uk reported trans women in Latin America have a life expectancy of just 35 years a new study has found. Research into the Violence Registry reveals that 80% of trans women murdered in Latin America are in their mid-thirties or younger. However, the Organisation of American States (OAS) say that even though crime against the […]
nydailynews.com reported Coca-Cola is facing heavy criticism after airing an ad that some have deemed racist. Still available on YouTube, the now-pulled advert features a gaggle of white hipsters bringing Coke to an indigenous village in Mexico. The visitors help the locals build a weird Christmas tree out of wood and plastic red Coke bottle […]
AFP reporte the first-ever vaccine against dengue fever, which affects up to 400 million people per year, will be publicly available for the first time after being cleared for use in Mexico, French manufacturer Sanofi said Wednesday. “It’s a very important moment in the history of public health,” Olivier Charmeil, head of the company’s vaccines […]
Situational summary WHO/PAHO reported: Autochthonous transmission of Zika virus As of 1 December 2015, nine Member States in the Americas have confirmed autochthonous circulation of Zika virus: Brazil, Chile (on Easter Island), Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Suriname, and Venezuela.1 Autochthonous circulation of Zika virus (ZIKV) in the Americas was first confirmed in February […]
theguardian.com reported Brazil warns women not to get pregnant as zika virus is linked to rare birth defect Health authorities examine link between rise in number of babies born with microcephaly and epidemic of mosquito-borne disease in country’s north-east Though it is not official policy, Cláudio Maierovitch, the director of the communicable disease surveillance department […]
The five challenges of Ecuador against HIV At least 31 thousand people live in the country with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which has become a chronic disease that is controlled with medication. But the fight against the disease Ecuador still faces several challenges. PLANV.COM.EC reported Five challenges Dr. Jose Luis Proaño, family and HIV […]
reuters.com reported Cuba on Tuesday re-imposed limits on doctors leaving the country, saying its universal and free healthcare services have been “seriously affected” by the flight of vital medical specialists. In a rare backtrack by Cuba on modernizing reforms of recent years, the Communist government said it would reapply restrictions that had been lifted in […]
MINISTER OF HEALTH: By virtue of the notification made by Colombia on October 16, 2015, before the first 9 cases of Zika virus infection presented in that country, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) / World Health Organization (WHO) issued an update on epidemiological alert, which states: “Given the expansion of Zika virus transmission in […]
bbc.com reported the Brazilian health ministry has confirmed a link between a mosquito-borne virus from Africa, Zika Fever, and a high incidence of birth defects. The fever, it said, is behind a spike in cases of micro-encephalitis – an inflammation of the brain contracted in the first months of pregnancy. It has recorded two adult […]
This is a post made by an expat in Ecuador on a Facebook group and involves a medical emergency her husband experienced while living on the coast of Ecuador. ———- This is a very long post about the availability of healthcare in rural areas on the coast and how important it is to know this […]
Quito (Pichincha).- The Ministry of Public Health of Ecuador (MSP) issued an epidemiological alert mandatory for health facilities of the Comprehensive Public Health Network and the complementary network due to the epidemiological alert issued by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) / World Health Organization (WHO), for nine cases of Zika virus in Colombia. The […]
voanews.com reported that reports of shortages of cancer medicines in Venezuela are worrisome, a doctor representing the World Health Organization’s Americas arm in the scarcity-hit country said in a rare interview this week. Currency controls that crimp imports and a decline in local production have led to shortages of contraceptives, surgical equipment and medicine in […]
eldia.com.bo reported…Cases of arthritis and rheumatism have increased significantly in the population, especially in people who contracted the virus chikungunya, they confirm specialists who are attending cases of patients before the disease suffered similar symptoms and now say their joints They cause them discomfort. The discomfort may last for more than 12 months. Secondary symptoms […]
washingtonpost.com reported About three-fourths of the deaths due to sugary drinks were in developing countries, according to the study. Latin America, in particular, had among the highest death rates, with Mexico topping the list at 405 deaths per million adults, or about 24,000 total deaths. The United States ranked fourth, with 125 deaths per million […]
grngotree.com/ Russ Reina reported EMS in Ecuador is like Forrest Gump’s Box of Chocolates: You Never Know What You’re Going to Get! What I’ll say may not be comforting, but it could save your life. I’m speaking to my peers, the Baby Boomers who already live in Ecuador and for those others who are contemplating […]
scientificamererican.com reported… A Colombian university is providing regular workshops on brain basics and genetics to grade schoolers from families who face a high risk of developing Alzheimer’s in the prime of life from a rare genetic mutation. The “talleres” set up by the University of Antioquia in Medellin attempt to prepare these youngsters for the […]
eldiario.ec reported Chikungunya fever rises in Manabi. In the province 1,347 cases, of which 800 are from Manta, according to the Zonal Health Coordination 4 are recorded. On April 13 there had been 117 cases in Portoviejo. Yesterday there were 33th, nearly triple in less than a month. Carmina Pinargote, head of this coordination, indicates […]
Elcomercio.com/Diego Bravo reported: The ads are broadcast on the Internet. Substances that are used by criminal gangs to lull people and commit crimes are promoted freely. “Buy scopolamine or burundanga by the pound …” says one of the messages through the network. In other websites chemicals that act like are offered scopolamine and causes victims […]
The chikungunya epidemic in the Americas continues to be fueled by activity in Colombia, which accounted for the vast majority of news suspected and confirmed cases reported by UN health agencies this week. The new total cases in the Western Hemisphere stands at 1,367,781 since the first cases were reported in the Caribbean in Dec. […]
elcomercio.com reported the Ministry of Health reports 2,603 people infected in Ecuador with the chikungunya virus. The ministry is warning there is a risk of spreading throughout Ecuador. The virus is spread by the same breed of mosquito that carries the dengue virus. Esmeraldas Province has had more than 1,000 cases. There have also been […]
Seven hundred cases of dengue fever treated at the provincial hospital Verdi Cevallos, and 200 cases of classic dengue and chikungunya 117 registered only in Portoviejo, from January to March this year, seized the alert health authorities. That is why this week will begin mingas and care in various health units will expand Garcìa Brucker, […]
eluniverso.com / Manuel Toro reported EPIDEMIC DECLARED IN ESMERALDAS Health authorities in the province of Esmeraldas are already talking about an epidemic of chikungunya which threatens to expand if drastic measures, including government support are not taken and other entities such as municipalities and parish councils for joint and coordinated manner, face this health emergency. […]
According to a Globedia report Esmeraldas mayor, Lenin Lara, declared the state of emergency to allocate resources to combat the spread of the mosquito borne viral disease. Since the first autochthonous transmission of chikungunya reported was reported in the country in December, Ecuador has seen in excess of 200 cases, with approximately half being reported […]
elcomercio.com reported the Ministry of Health of Ecuador today reported February 28 that to date there are 222 cases infected with chikungunya in the country, a figure that has doubled in the last week due to an outbreak of more than 100 infections in the coastal province of Esmeraldas. The entity indicated that works with […]
elcomercio.com / Marcel Bonilla reported after testing performed in 30 patients suspected of the city of Esmeraldas, northern Ecuador, confirmed that one of them had chikungunya . The district health authorities of the town was made known by press conference on February 24, 2015. Sampling began on Friday, February 20, 2015, after several cases were […]
telesurtv.net reported the country’s President said will slash high level public servant wages – including his own – to fund 2,000 medical specialists. Plan is to reduce significantly reduce maternal mortality The Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa announced Saturday that he will make a reduction on high-ranked public servants salaries — including his own — in […]
Rebeca Morla/panamapost.com reported the health-care section of Ecuador’s Social Security system is in crisis. The primary state hospital for beneficiaries, Teodoro Maldonado Carbo in Guayaquil, has racked up US$900 million in debts since 2008, with no end in sight. Corruption, major performance failures, user complaints, and a lack of medicines and supplies are some of […]
standard.co.uk reported six people including a family of four have been found dead after being poisoned by methane during a healing ceremony in northern Ecuador. Police found the seven-year-old son of the couple that died along with their two daughters in the family car near the scene of the tragedy after he fell asleep while […]
outbreaknewstoday.com reported with the addition of nearly 10,000 new chikungunya cases in Colombia, the total now exceeds 83,000 cases, by far the most in South America. The country has also reported three deaths related to the mosquito borne virus since it was first detected in July 2014 in the Valle del Cauca. Despite the rapid […]
outbreaknewstoday.com reported the Ecuadorian Health Ministry has confirmed 20 cases of the mosquito borne virus, chikungunya, Public Health Minister Carina Vance said today. Vance told local media (computer translated) that most of the cases are in the coastal province of Manabí. She warned that the virus is most common in poor areas with little potable […]
MLIVE.com reported…For the Malone family, a business trip to Guayaquil, Ecuador, changed their lives when Karen Malone’s husband Perry Malone, a retired Flint firefighter, complained of discomfort from shortness of breath. It was an ailment that eventually left him comatose with brain damage and the couple stuck in Ecuador wanting to come home. On the […]
ALERT: 1. Health authorities reported that there is a confirmed case of Chikungunya Virus – Guayaquil. The victim is a female who traveled to Colombia. To date there have been seven confirmed imported cases of the virus. They have been in Loja, Pichincha, Tungurahua, Manabi, and Guayas provinces. There is one suspected case in Montecristi. […]
Venezuela’s brewing economic troubles and high crime rates have been prompting Venezuelans — particularly young professionals — to emigrate by the thousands in recent months. But Cuban doctors stationed there are also getting in on the exodus: The number of Cuban medical professionals defecting from their posts in Venezuela has ballooned over the past year, […]
eluniverso.com reported National epidemiological surveillance director Pablo Acosta said on Wednesday that the African citizen of 32 years died Tuesday in Guayaquil for still unknown reasons suffering ebola, as it was rumored in the last few hours.”Does not set a case of ebola because there is a case of ebola in Senegal”, the official told […]
lahora.com.ec reported lack of awareness and a culture of health in the middle has made the disease more aggressively, one of these is diabetes, according Miguel Pasquel, president of the Ecuadorian Society of Endocrinology, exceeded the estimated as presented levels of impact on the world, as is predicted that by 2025 there would be more […]
americaeconomia.com reported Ecuador will have until 2015 with eleven rehabilitation centers for drug and alcohol users, the president, Rafael Correa said. “We are doing a comprehensive policy to combat drug use. By 2015 we will have eleven specialized centers of which two are for Quito to Guayaquil and two, which reach to have 600 beds, […]
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bbc.com reported two health officials from the United States have joined other experts at an Ebola conference in Cuba, in the latest sign of cooperation between the long-standing adversaries. The meeting looks at ways to prevent the spread of Ebola in the Americas. It was organised by Alba, a leftist bloc founded by Cuba and […]
Rise to 71 confirmed cases of chikungunya in Nicaragua elperiodicodemexico.com reported the number of positive cases of the chikungunya virus rose to 71 in Nicaragua, following the detection of an outbreak in a neighborhood of Managua, affecting 20 people last weekend, said today the Government spokeswoman, Rosario Murillo. Read Article
Syphilis and malaria increase in Cuba martinoticias.com reported so far of the year has been reported on the island a total of 4.5 million people with respiratory acute infections (IRA), as well as 3,048 cases of syphilis, 3,067 from viral Meningitis and 134 of Leptospirosis. En the first week of October were detected in Cuba […]
Peru.com reported the Peruvian María Orozco is in intensive care in the hospital Isidro Ayora from the province of Loja, in the South of Ecuador. She is one of the people injured after the October 15-motor vehicle accident that killed four people. Ronald Castle, husband of Maria, in dialogue with Buenos days Peru requested legal […]
Ecuavisa.com reported Figures from the Ministry of health, according to a latest national survey revealed that 5 million 500 thousand people aged between 19 and 59 have overweight. This is compounded by a new and troubling fact: a survey by the Cedatos firm in partnership with others in the network Win Gallup International, called “Eating […]
Chagas has largely slipped under the world’s radar because symptoms often don’t show up for months and years after a person has been infected. digitaljournal.com reported while much of the world’s attention has been focused on Ebola, another disease with equally devastating implications is surging. The CDC estimates that some 300,000 people throughout the U.S. […]
telegraph.co.uk reported poisonous pufferfish hospitalises eleven family members in Brazil Eleven members of the same family are in critical condition in hospital after unwittingly cooking up a pufferfish – the world’s deadliest fish – for their supper. The Souza family reportedly fried and served up a pufferfish they had been given by a friend who […]
telesurtv.net reported investments in the Ecuadoran health sector have yielded positive results while contributing to the Plan for Good Living. A review of the budget for the first half of 2014, presented by Finance Minister Fausto Herrera, reveals that investment in healthcare has led to favorable results. A sharp reduction in cases of malaria has […]
fasebj.org – Background: Vitamin D deficiency is a global public health problem. Vitamin D levels in Andean Ecuador have been assumed to be sufficient given its equatorial high altitude, which is conducive to cutaneous production of vitamin D3. However, there is a dearth of data on 25(OH)D status in children in Andean Latin America. Objective: […]
elcomercio.com reported Mexico, gateway to Latin America from the United States, trying to lift a sanitary barrier against Ebola on its northern border, poring deported migrants and repelling to cruise passenger Texas, where there is alarm for several infections. With still fresh in 2009 being the epicenter of the H1N1 flu epidemic trauma, Mexico triggered […]
washingtonpost.com reported the cruise ship carrying a Texas health-care worker who “may have” handled lab specimens from Dallas Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan is headed back to the United States after Mexican authorities failed to grant permission for the ship to dock off the coast of Cozumel, according to a Carnival spokeswoman. The Carnival Magic […]
Risk of ebola in Ecuador would be lower, according to authorities eluniverso.com reported national director of epidemiological surveillance, Pablo Acosta, reported yesterday that the national airports are not ‘scenarios’ that control measures be implemented by the ebola. That due to which, according to the official, are the international air terminals where is capturing suspected cases […]
prensa-latina.cu reported Nicaraguan authorities reported today on the detection of two new cases of chikungunya, which amounts to 35 the number of people affected by this disease. The Coordinator of the Council for communication and citizenship, Rosario Murillo, said a contact through local television which is a 55-year-old man and a woman of 34, both […]