The cholera epidemic ravaging Cuba since last June has been extended to the provinces of Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo and Holguin, with dozens of people hospitalized and some municipalities in critical condition, reports from the island independent news agency Press Talk . According to a report by the agency’s director, Roberto de Jesús Guerra Pérez, […]
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The seat belt is used by 50% of the occupants of the front seats and only 10% of the occupants of the rear seats of a vehicle in Chile. This level also leaves the back country in Latin America. When measuring use only in the front seats, Chile is well below Brazil (88%), Peru (85%) […]
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Today is the international day of non-violence against women Only 20.6% of the abused filing the complaint. It is estimated that from January to September, 45,400 were victims of violence The City Council created the Centers of Equity Within a month, this dependence is serving 1250 domestic violence cases. According to Metropolitan Security Observatory, between […]
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Dengue cases continue to come to the main clinics and hospitals in the country, adding to the growing concern in the population. So far this year, the number of deaths from this disease reached 36 and those affected to 6.838 cases, including 114 serious. One concern was about yesterday externada community leader Swamp sector, Jesus […]
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NCI’s Objectives for Cancer Research in Latin America To develop a comprehensive understanding of the status of the disease burden and cancer research and care infrastructure in Latin America To promote and leverage partnerships to conduct basic and clinical cancer research in the region To build collaborative relationships that enable co-development and in-country sustainability of […]
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The emergence of 200 cases of dengue fever in the past three weeks in Guanacaste has the Ministry of Health asking residents to be on alert, especially in the areas of Liberia, Santa Cruz, Abangares, Nicoya and Carillo, where most of the infections have occurred. Mary Ethel Trejos, Director of Health Surveillance, said that the […]
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The Ministry of Health decree “health alert” to address cases of meningitis this year exceeded estimates by experts and authorities. In its daily report on the situation of meningitis in the country, Undersecretary of Public Health reported today that was published in the Official Journal of the health alert decree allowing the necessary actions to […]
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The growing encirclement of smokers seems to work. According to a survey conducted early in the country, 700,000 Argentines left the cigarette in the past three years. The data, which is known on the eve of the International Day of Clean Air, adds to a significant drop in the percentage of young people who start […]
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With a march, members of the College and Association of Physicians of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas protested the criminalization of malpractice raised in the Penal Code reform. With banners and whistles doctors marched Avenue Quito and the city center, as it passes handed out flyers to passersby, giving reasons why they oppose the treatment […]
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Santa Ana Posadas child who was diagnosed with visceral leishmaniasis and is hospitalized at Children’s Hospital, is the second case in the same household as one of his sisters had contracted the disease two years ago, approximately. According to the experts warned, is the first time that this situation is known since leishmaniasis began to […]
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A control operating Zoonoses area of the Province yesterday found six dogs infected with leishmaniasis in the Division of Police Canes Corrientes. The news sparked concern in the whole area of the district Antarctica Argentina, where is located the distribution of the Force. The deputy director of Zoonoses Public Health Ministry,… Read Article
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The initial retail RCN was moved by his peers to the Hunter Health Centre , but left without giving further details. Arequipa. A student of 13 years was emergency evacuated their classmates to the health center in the district of Jacobo Hunter , after participating in the game of Ouija in a graveyard. According to […]
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Peru.com reported that the Regional Council declared an emergency in the region Ucayali by rising cases of dengue. Pucallpa. To date, hospitals in Pucallpa , there are over a thousand cases of dengue , a situation that remains on alert to health authorities in the capital of the region Ucayali. According to the news ‘Latin […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that the Ombudsman urged the ministries of Health and Agriculture to conduct research on the environmental and physical effects that produce 17 chemicals used in banana plantations (including glyphosate), according to the resolution 010 of the entity . The document was the result of research conducted since 2010, after Jorge Orellana Acosta filed […]
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The City Council of the City of Capital today approved an ordinance that prohibits both competency as the operation of establishments where prostitution is exercised, so that no alternate premises will enable new and existing will have 30 days to cease definitely their activities in the town, once the rule takes effect. This standard, unprecedented […]
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Relief groups have launched fresh appeals for funds to feed over a million Haitians after hurricane Sandy devastated farmland, compounding agricultural damage from tropical storm Isaac which destroyed 40% of the harvest in August….. food security situation is threatened… Read Article
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Rollovers, collisions and falls into deep have been accidents that have suffered different buses and cars on roads in the country, only six days. These tragedies, totaling nine and was raised from 6 to 11 November, have left nine people dead and 98 injured. Despite reports last week, the Interior Ministry, in a statement, said […]
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The campaign to prevent dengue will spread to several districts of the province. The winter season is coming in December and January, months in which vector-borne diseases increase. In Macara, Zapotillo Catamayo Vilcabamba and the parish in 2009 were cases of dengue. Fabiola Barba, an epidemiologist at the Provincial Health Department of Loja, DPS-L, noted […]
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Dengue cases now exceed two thousand and the number of confirmed deaths is increasing, according to the report of the epidemiological week 44 that announced the Ministry of Health in Oaxaca. “We have registered two thousand confirmed 12 cases, of which 827 are bleeding and therefore the greatest impact has been in seven deaths that […]
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To date, in Pucallpa hospitals have registered 800 cases of dengue, a situation that remains on alert to health authorities in the capital of the Ucayali region. Director of Epidemiology of Pucallpa, Key LeveauBartra said that these figures are very worrying and more so because there are many pieces that are not registered but already […]
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Nearly all approved generic drugs have the same effects and results as name brand drugs, and cost about 20 times less than their counterparts. However, they are conspicuously absent in many Chilean pharmacies. Currently, over 91 generic drugs are available in Chile, and by December there should be around 200. Read Article
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98 People Infected with Meningitis in Chile The Ministry of Public Health is in emergency mode. Despite the discovery of 98 new cases of meningitis in Chile, the Institute of Public Health assures citizens that the infection has not reached epidemic levels. These meningitis cases have been appearing “in a sporadic way,” says director of […]
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Maytte Gavilánez, journalist with the FLACSO, originated this creative and important proposal that was born from the call to the National contest radio journalism. “The idea was to create an investigative report focused on radio and based on social issues, so I took this very complicated for the sole purpose of preventing abuse,” said Gavilánez. […]
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Diariopinion.com reported that Assemblywoman Silvia Salgado, has introduced a bill “comprehensive response to the HIV-AIDS in Ecuador”, stressing that in our country there is a record of over four thousand cases of HIV carriers, with a frequency more prevalent among ages 20 to 49 years old. The bill aims to address the issue of postage […]
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Having suffered a serious outbreak of dengue in 2009, Argentina has managed to lower the incidence of cases by 96% and looks, along with other neighboring countries, find a regional strategy to control the disease. We talked with Dr. Lilian Tartaglino, Minister of Quality of Life of the City of Posadas …… Present for centuries […]
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CAMPAIGN BEGINS Influenza Vaccination Cuenca Ecuador – Flu Season Runs October and runs through April This vaccination campaign focuses on four groups at highest risk for serious complications from influenza: children six months to four years, aged 18 to 23 years, pregnant women over 18 years old, adults over 65 and people suffering from chronic […]
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Two drivers that are part of the Medical Mission will pay three days in jail in the city of Tulcán, Ecuador, for exceeding the speed limit in that territory according to Caracol.com.co Citizens moved to the preparatory meeting for the binational health drill to be held this Saturday at the International Bridge Rumichaca, told Caracol […]
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A total of 14 inmates at the Prison and Penitentiary 40 in Pereira had to be isolated because they have chickenpox. The outbreak was recorded in several courtyards and therefore, the possibility of spreading it was decided, by the directives of INPEC canceling visits this weekend inmates. Read Article
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Whooping cough cases according to laud.udistrital.edu.co resurfaced in Bogotá with already more than double compared to 2011, this year has been 23 fatalities and 5 years of age. Pertussis is spread by the respiratory route and is caused by a bacterium called ‘Bordetella pertussis’, its incubation period is 6-20 days and may last an average […]
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Moca River, located in the same river Espaillat province was militarized Monday by authorities to determine which is the source of pollution that has caused hundreds of cases of cholera in the area.The Health Minister, Freddy Hidalgo, visited today: Read Article
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A flu outbreak affects much of the population of this city, so hundreds of people come to the hospital seeks Francisco Gonzalvo in receiving medical care. Patients have crowded this health center, so this hospital authorities reinforced with medicines and medical emergency room and arranged that we handle each day more people than usual. Read […]
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Despite the implementation of the National Traffic Regulation, the number of accidents is increasing. In the last two years, more than 5000 deaths in the country, due to the traffic accidents , according to the head of the NGO Light Amber , Luis Quispe Candia. In 2007 we reported the death of 3,510 people on […]
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Sigüenza Elizabeth Alexandra Mendez, 45, died yesterday when hit by the Metrovía No. 25, on Sunday Comin and Chambers streets, south of the city. Witnesses of the accident said the woman was traveling on a motorcycle HM-320C board run by a man who was not identified. Vincent Foster, who works near the sector, said the […]
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The Senate approved the legalization of abortion by 17 votes in favor and 14 against. Allow abortion on demand up to 12 weeks of gestation. Lamentable: Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay approved decriminalization of abortion Download full text of the abortion law [pdf, 4651 K] On Sept. 25 the Chamber of Deputies had approved an […]
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A total of 53,407 Venezuelans with chronic and difficult to care, including trauma, birth defects, cancer and disabilities, have traveled to Cuba to receive free care and specialist, said the Minister of Power Popular Health Eugenia Sader. “The agreement is a Cuba-Venezuela Solidarity program,” said the minister, interviewed on Tuesday in Venezuela, a program broadcast […]
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The Health Ministry reported that Cesar so far this year 2272 confirmed cases of dengue, of which 105 are of a grave. The situation is warning because patients have increased by 127% over the same period of 2011. Given this increase departmental Health Secretary, Rocio Gamarra, began with an inspection team to monitor clinics and […]
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The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHRN) today urged the government of Raul Castro to accept international humanitarian aid for victims of Hurricane Sandy, who last week caused havoc and extensive damage in the eastern part of the island. In a statement, the group led by activist Elizardo Sanchez asks, before the […]
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More details: Registration Offices People of 100 or more years old should go to any registry office to update your details, including your card out. You can also go a relative, but a mandatory requirement: application to the respective provincial director that must be included in the full names, identity card numbers and phone, and […]
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Assassin bugs, so named because these insects lie in ambush for prey that they attack with speed and precision, are found all over the world. Nearly 140 species of these bugs are blood-sucking; because they can bite humans around the mouth, they are also called kissing bugs. All kissing bugs can spread Chagas disease, a […]
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Cuban authorities today began evacuating people from areas of risk and protective measures speed with the imminent arrival of Hurricane “Sandy”, expected to make landfall in eastern Cuba midnight from Jamaica today. In five provinces in the eastern region was declared today the maximum phase alarm-Las Tunas, Holguin, Guantanamo, Granma and Santiago de Cuba, and […]
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A Brazilian man gave his relatives the shock of their lives when he turned up at his own wake at his mother’s home. .bbc.co.uk, reported that the family was gathered around a coffin thought to contain 41-year-old car washer…… Read Article
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The Ministry of Popular Power for Health (MPPS) in the coming days will issue a resolution signed by the holder of the office, Eugenia Sader, which prohibit the sale of Bio polymers in any form or any other hazardous substance aesthetic applications in the country. Number of deaths reported and used in plastic surgery such […]
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As if the crisis in the health sector were not enough, yesterday announced that the company supplying liquid oxygen to Mario Rivas hospital suspended supplies to put pressure on the authorities of the Government to be a large sum to the company. Since Sunday, several planned surgeries were canceled for that problem, and the same […]
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Outbreak of lice among children, the borough chief in Magdalena Contreras, Leticia Quezada Contreras, asked mothers and fathers more action hygiene and prevention. He explained that his administration is on alert to act as soon as you report this situation in any school and immediately coordinated with the Ministry of Health to respond immediately and […]
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From the National Federation of University Health Professionals (FENPRUSS) in Chillán, its president, Maria Victoria Rogel, said the climate of uncertainty that reigned among some officials. “I just work in the laboratory and it was discarded. What happens is that ocurir thought he could, apparently, by a patient who was depressed immune. Seeing that, began […]
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Two years after the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti in January 2010, scientists confirmed that new surveys from a database SFOR UN (Minustah) originated the cholera outbreak that has killed some 7,000 people, so announced on the BBC website. Read Article
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Sipse.com reported that October 10 we reported that the National Center for Epidemiological Surveillance and Disease Control (Cenavece) reported Yucatan and Chiapas are among the four states with the highest incidence of dengue. In its weekly report, the instance dependent federal Health Ministry explained that in EW 40, the state with the highest incidence is […]
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Eluniversal.com.mx reported while dengue cases are down, Guerrero nationally and ranks fifth according to data from the Ministry of Health in the state so far this year has a record of 3000 176 patients sick DHF is classic and five deaths. The health secretary in the state, Alonso Lazaro Mazon said the Pan American Health […]
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The death of a child from what is believed to be dengue fever in a St Catherine community has resulted in an outcry for immediate attention to be given to the mosquito population Dead is seven-year-old Gracie-Ann Harri-son of 60 Old Harbour Road, Spanish Town, St Catherine. Harrison, who was a grade-two student at the […]
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Rediff.com reported…..Here’s an FAQ on all that you need to know about dengue fever. What is dengue fever? Dengue infection is caused by a virus. It occurs commonly as dengue fever. Occasionally the patient suffering from dengue may develop bleeding. Common sites for bleeding are nose, gums or skin. Sometimes, the patient may have coffee […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that the death of a child in a Children’s Center of Good Living (CIBV) indigenous community Tocagón in Otavalo, Imbabura province, on September 28, forcing authorities related to their control units to expedite inspections in the country. The youngest, 1 year and 4 months, drowned after falling into a bucket containing water with […]
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The hospital director Cotagaita, Marcelo Mariscal, said Friday that there were five reported cases of brucellosis in that town so there are fears that the region’s cattle are infected with the bacterial disease. “The San Juan de Dios hospital has had four to five cases of brucellosis (human). This is a zoonotic disease, which means […]
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The health minister, Roxana Araujo, said the victims were a 28-year, Santa Barbara, who died in a state hospital in San Pedro Sula, and a man of 58, of Atlantic Tela, who perished in an institution Private. A certification fee of dengue in Honduras attached to the Ministry of Health confirmed the death of the […]
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Government officials have confirmed that four cases of dengue fever have been contracted locally and there could be more. Dr Kiran Kumar, the medical officer of health, said Thursday that of seven recent cases only three had reported a travel history to endemic countries, meaning the remaining cases were contracted here in the Cayman Islands. […]
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The young Heloisa Cristofoli Calixto de Franca only 18 years, died late on Thursday (18) at around 20:00 in the ICU Cemetron in Porto Velho. Heloisa was admitted to the hospital about a week when it comes to dengue hemorrhagic fever, possibly contracted in the city in which she resides, Jaru. Heloisa was a young […]
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Afntijuana.info reported that 70% of the patients seen at clinics in Tijuana dentists are from the United States, indicating that it is world class, considered the school’s vice president of dentists City, Mario Alberto Alfaro Lamas. At a press conference to announce the 17th edition of “Dental Update magno Congress,” Alfaro said Lamas tourist visits […]
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Colombia has become a major health destinations in Latin America, thanks to the quality of service and infrastructure, technology, training of medical personnel and has international certifications. Maria Claudia Lacouture, president of Proexport entity with the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism and the Productive Transformation Program works sector growth explained “The Colombian medicine is […]
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We are 87 confirmed cases of meningitis W135 type. For Monday awaiting the arrival of the first batch of vaccines. We are 87 confirmed cases of the disease, the type W135 meningitis between January and October 2012, while in all of 2011 only 73 cases were recorded. For the leader of the organization, Esteban Maturana, […]
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An outbreak of Chagas disease reaches the town of Abaetetuba within Para More than 24 cases were reported in the region. One person died. The epidemic could have started because of consumption of contaminated açaí. The mosquito transmits the disease are attracted by the fruit typical of the region. The insect feces eliminates the fruit […]
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Health Authorities detected in the municipality of El Negrito one positive, Santa Rita reported three suspects of evil. The detection of a positive case of Chagas disease in El Negrito and three suspects in Santa Rita off alarm bells in the health authorities of these municipalities already struggling to stop the spread of Chagas Disease….. […]
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Eelmercurio.com.ec reported that the country has its first official dictionary of sign languages Ecuadorian. Lenin Moreno presided over the launch of the editorial project, which was held today in the auditorium of the Ministry of Education. The aim is to meet the Deaf community and equate their condition so that they have equal opportunities. It […]
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A study conducted at the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases revealed that addiction to snuff causes decreased libido. A study conducted at the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases (INER) found that young women who do not smoke are almost twice more sex than those who consume snuff, which implies that addiction decreases sexual encounters, and […]
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Larepublica.pe reported half of adolescent boys consume illegal drugs Five out of ten teenagers variones consume any drugs, as indicated by studies by Devida, Cedar and other prevention associations. Among women, four out of ten and everyone iniciarion consume around 12 years. This type of behavior is initiated, usually after drinking alcohol at parties, at […]
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The Sanitary District II reports that to date there has been no positive case of West Nile Virus in the city, said Alejandro Suarez epidemiologist of this dependence. “We are awaiting laboratory results National 18 suspected cases of this disease, 41 had probable of which 23 were negative; addition to monitoring and continue as staff […]
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Because of the great plague of lice invaded schools Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, last year implemented educational institutions operating inspection pupils.
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Public Health Minister recognized that there is a dengue outbreak in the country and said that so far this year there have been nine people killed by the disease.
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From November 2011 to September 2012, Baja California registered 848 women with cancer, 26 000 248 mammograms that have been made, this puts the State in ninth place nationally in incidence of this condition, despite prevention campaigns carried out to detect it early. José Guadalupe Bustamante Moreno, Secretary of Health in the State, said that […]
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Concern exists between the health authorities of the country given the increase in cases of meningitis have been recorded over the past three months. Meningococcal meningitis detected mutation would serotypes known to date in Chile and is called W135, bacteria commonly circulating in other countries. The people most at risk are children under 4 years. […]
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The Department of Health revealed today, Monday, the latest report on the impact of dengue on the island of the first week of September, which reflected some 241 suspected cases. Under Secretary of Health, Concepción Quiñones de Longo acknowledged that although the number of suspected cases is high, we are below the epidemic level. When […]
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Lahora.com.ec reported that the number of transplants has grown: from just 184 in 2006 rose to 394 between January and August this year. Donations also increased. In 2009 there were 1.2 donors per million people, there are currently 2.5 and the authorities hope that by the end of the year up to three. Thus, importing […]
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I n case of Ingrid about Melissa Caicedo, the 12 year old girl who is currently living with HIV, according to his father, for a transfusion that was performed at the Hospital San José de Bogotá, multiple statements, but few conclusions about the source of contagion and responsibilities required. Read Article
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BBC Report High in the Andes, BBC reporter Euan McIlwraith meets a man spraying his potatoes. He has no protective equipment. His hands and shoulders are wet from the cocktail of pesticides he carries in his back-pack sprayer. These products are categorised by their toxicity. The most dangerous carry a red warning label. In this […]
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The National Police arrested 22 people in all the coffee that apparently were part of a network that supplied adulterated drugs to Humana EPS Living in Manizales, like to 17 drugstores in Pereira, Armenia and Northern Valle del Cauca . counterfeit, adulterated pharmaceuticals Latarde.com reported that this procedure was done through the company Hospi Medic, […]
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elcomercio.pe reported a Peruvian shaman confessed to burying the body of a young American of 18 years after he died in a session ritual consumption of a powerful hallucinogen from the jungle, police said Wednesday. José Manuel Pineda (58), who called himself Master Mancoluto and ran a retreat lodge in the city of Puerto Maldonado […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that two women apparently drugged four people stole several artifacts from their residence, located at 19th and Maldonado, southwest of Guayaquil, at 01:15 on Wednesday. The ages of the victims, allegedly with scopolamine, ranging between 31 and 89 years. The housing also were four children under 7, 9, 13 and 17, who were […]
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Expats helping kids in Ecuador was started 15 months ago by a group of expats that wanted to contribute their time and efforts to improving the lives some of the least fortunate kids in Salinas and the Santa Elena Province. We work closely with a medical center in Palmar and the Olon orphanage. Through the […]
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With the alarming numbers of death from medical malpractice in the country, is already beginning to debate a bill in Congress that would include this issue as a bailable offense. This was announced by Senator Colombian Conservative Party, Juan Mario La Serna: ‘We want to prevent medical malpractice and obviously force the government to go […]
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Reported by eluniverso.com that For two years, Leonardo Ramon Salazar Góngora lost mobility in his body after surgery. Nancy Salazar, the young mother of 24, has tried to sue for alleged negligence against the hospital Carrasco Jose Arteaga, the Social Security Institute of Cuenca. “My son entered walking with their five senses and a nose […]
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Subrayado.com.uy reported that a clandestine abortion clinic closed down in Melo and processed abortions a woman She was indicted without detention and must comply alternatives for 120 days. The Justice of Cerro Largo closed clandestine abortions clinic operating in the city. In this case a woman indicted yesterday, initials AMPS, 66, who was charged with […]
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lavozdelcinaruco.com reported that 32 people have died in traffic accidents devices run in 2012, revealed the Director of Traffic and Transportation, Department of Arauca, Freddy Diaz Serrano. “The figure is even more worrying when you consider that on that date there have been 295 traffic accidents, which also wounded 288 people,” the official said. Read […]
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Peru21.pe reported that it was not all joy. A Peruvian fan died last night at the National Stadium during the match between Peru and Venezuela.Armando Estrada Jorge Naranjo (23) suffered a heart attack in south grandstand full. He began to feel ill after celebrating the equalizer Peruvian, witnesses said. Read Article
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Quino Yenny Palomino (33) kept the broken arm and facial injuries after his partner Walter Palomino Roque (49) the assaulted at her home in downtown Lima. The assailant was arrested and accused by the prosecution. A woman was left with a broken arm and multiple facial injuries after being assaulted by her partner, an agent […]
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Laprensa.com.ni reported that from 8:40 am this morning the San Cristobal volcano, in Chinandega, started throwing ashes after three explosions conducted. International traffic is paralyzed by lack of visibility at this time, and it is said that the ashes and came to Puerto Morazan, Honduras. The districts are suffering from and the ravages of the […]
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Three students from the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Guanajuato (UG) is poisoned by eating a cake made with marijuana allegedly in a private home. The three students, two men and a woman were admitted in critical condition to the emergency service unit 10 of the Mexican Social Security Institute at 21:00 pm […]
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The second death from West Nile Virus appeared yesterday in El Paso after the number of infected people rose to 16 while in Ciudad Juarez have been only suspected cases of the viral disease, reported the heads of departments Health of both cities. The person who died after being infected by a mosquito carrying the […]
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Proceso.com.mx reported in Puebla of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), Francisco Garcia Fraile, the doctor confirmed that this institution, Landini Ruben Maldonado, was referred to the San Miguel prison, accused of alleged organ trafficking. The official said that the agency will continue to research if there are more people involved in the complaint lodged […]
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Post INEGI that in 2010 suicides recorded in Mexico doubled those recorded during 1990 and 5000 that reached 12, this despite that the country has one of the lowest rates for this type of mortality . Notably in 1990 there was a rate of 2.3 persons whom committed suicide for every 100,000 inhabitants, which was […]
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Sugarcane harvesting in Costa Rica is a labor-intense job that is done during the hottest part of the year. Harvesters are often migrants and/or face extreme socio-economic situations. This study aimed to quantify the heat stress risk and the possible health effects experienced by harvesters. Read Article
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According to lahora.com.ec, …..With masks over their nose and mouth, hundreds of workers of different contractors of the Korean company SK evacuated facilities Esmeraldas refinery, before a possible leak of a strong chemical. The event took place from 16:30 on Thursday, half an hour before the usual time of departure of the work. One of […]
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Hospitals Calderon Guardia, San Juan de Dios, Mexico and the National Children today gave out to patients in stable condition to receive patients Monsignor Sanabria Hospital in Puntarenas, requiring specialized care. CCSS reported damage Puntarenas Hospital ‘oxygen tanks rolling on the ground’ metropolitan medical centers report few problems Remover collapse in Zarcero take three weeks […]
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Eluniverso.com reported in Ecuador the drinking water of some villages near oil extraction plant contains petroleum hydrocarbon levels 288 times the accepted standards of the European Union today denounced the United Nations Program for Environment (UNEP) and the World World Health Organization (WHO). “The rational use of chemicals can reduce the huge financial implications and […]
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The lack of specialists in public hospitals in the country is not resolved, while the risk remains that doctors give up their seats for the eight-hour workday. Nine professionals already decided to retire this level of Hospital Baca Ortiz and three Enrique Garcés Hospital in Quito, for example. According to the College of Physicians, will […]
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Four inmates and a visitor died, due to health problems, in national Bellavista prison in the last ten days, the most critical of its history. So, in 2012 eleven prisoners have died of over 7,800 housing the criminal, who has a 221 percent overcrowding. The ESE Metrosalud, he signed a contract with the EPS Caprecom […]
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The Friday night as relatives watched the corpse of Martha Gregoria Ortega, on Santa Lucia, eight of the participants were intoxicated by drinking alcohol allegedly adulterated. In a relapse, this Sunday, four of the victims had returned to the hospital because of back ailments: diarrhea, body aches, among others. Honorio Bajaña Araujo by telephone, said […]
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Like Mary Victoria Duque Dussán 22 years of age was identified a woman who was allegedly discovered in flagrante delicto, when an abortion was practiced in a neighborhood drugstore recognized August Seven Florence. According to unofficial information, the series of events that ended with the arrest of three people and with the entrance of Duke […]
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LACKING ADEQUATE TREATMENT IN LIMA FACILITIES FOR TUBERCULOSIS Expreso.pe reported supervision to 43 health facilities in treatment failures lacking. Health at risk. The Ombudsman’s report presented the results of the monitoring to the Health Strategy for Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in the facilities of the Ministry of Health in Lima, Callao and Ica, which […]
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Drugs for AIDS patients in the Hospital scarce Teodoro Maldonado Carbo, belonging to the IESS, in Guayaquil. Abacavir and lamivudine are antiretrovirals that are beyond the reach of the sick for six weeks. Therefore, complaints have been filed in the Office of the Ombudsman to demand delivery is restored, fearing a relapse in treatment.The shortage […]
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“Judge, what happens is that I went to the hospital to see me and that Dr. Rosanna Benavides said ‘come over here a minute’ and took me to a guard. That called police, she carried a folder and an apron and I pointed to the agents who ‘were not mine’. I never pretended to be […]
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