Fear for leishmaniasis outbreak
Campana. Ministry of Health require further controls to curb the disease.
Fear for leishmaniasis outbreak
Is increasingly growing concern among residents in the community of Bell, in the district of Capira, Panama West, the emergence of 150 new cases of leishmaniasis in children and adults.
Milena Rodriguez, 25, who is pregnant, maintains several bites on different parts of the body.
He said it started with a rash that made the bite of a mosquito.
“As I was itching, I scratched over and over until I formed a wound that was growing,” he added. Read Article
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The director of the National Disaster Unit, Carlos Ivan Marquez, Neiva said that more than 700 000 people assigned to the various relief agencies in the country in readiness to attend events caused by the rainy season. Read Article
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Six people burned to death after a huge fire that occurred on one tank of fish oil company, located in Jiron Junin Florida Baja, in Chimbote . The head of Provincial Civil Defense Operations, Luis Echegaray Regal said that as the workers were performing welding inside the tank without adequate security measures. Read Article
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Uruapan, Michoacan. – Although for weeks diverse citizens of the municipality and the region have been reporting outbreaks of hepatitis, for 05 of the Sanitary District Health Department is no such manifestation of this disease, except for nine cases in Secondary 1 (ESFU 1). This was announced by the head of that jurisdiction, Humberto Garcia […]
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Health Minister, Jaime Mañalich study confirmed that five cases of H1N1 Human Influenza, affecting people who joined the official delegation accompanying President Sebastián Piñera on his tour of Asia, “we are confident of five cases,” he said authority when asked about it. During the flight back from Korea and arrived on Saturday morning to Santiago, […]
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For thousands and join the growing number of victims of antipersonnel mines in Colombia. An enemy alike mutilated combatants and noncombatants. The degradation of the conflict has led to the installation of this type of cheating in school yards, backyards, roads … Today Colombia is the world’s second dishonorable victims of these traps, second only […]
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Established in 2004 by local social entrepreneur Hans Dieter Temp, an organisation called Cidades sem Fome (Cities Without Hunger) is working to reduce hunger and joblessness among some of the most economically deprived areas of Sao Paulo, through urban agriculture. Read Article
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Dengue cases increased 15% in Ceará in a week, says Sesa State Health Department confirms 3,435 cases of dengue in 2012. Two deaths were reported, according to report released on Friday (30). In one week, the state of Ceará increased by 15% of cases of dengue confirmed, according to report released on Friday (30) by […]
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Worrying results showed SIMCE PE that it took a nationally representative sample of students basic round, as was evidenced levels of obesity and sedentary lifestyle among schoolchildren. In the Region of Valparaíso are worrying some figures, such as 41% of children are overweight or obese and 30% of students have an increased risk of developing […]
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A farm worker ceased to exist 45 years allegedly for Hanta virus infection, at 11:30 pm on Sunday, as confirmed by the Health Seremi Lakes.After presenting headache and chest pain underwent a rapid test where tested positive for the disease, so now must be corroborated by the Institute of Public Health.While a co-worker of 43 […]
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Venezuela’s government threatened to punish with fines up to $ 8,400 for those who distribute or promote the so-called electronic cigarettes banned in the country for not having permits or corresponding health records. Health Ministry sources reported Efe that the Venezuelan government has taken up a campaign launched in June last year against this product […]
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A new case of hanta virus was confirmed today in Nata de los Caballeros, in the province of Cocle. This is a teacher who lives in El Cano de Nata and is already out of danger at the Hospital Rafael Estévez Aguadulce. So far this year, in the province have reported three confirmed cases of […]
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The agency will bring together relief offices in Cuenca called Ecu 911 and will be inaugurated on April 12, date of founding of the city, has its head, it’s about Fernando Figueroa. Figueroa served as director of the Security Council and is currently the deputy chief of the Fire Department of the city, also a […]
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A child under 12 years gave birth to a baby prematurely in the maternity of Mar del Plata and after initiation of an investigation, was arrested the girl’s stepfather, accused of “” sexual intercourse with the situation exacerbated by coexistence. ” The birth occurred on 12 March, but recently became known today as judicial officers […]
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Mexico: In Yucatan Diarrhea Reduces life expectancy Dr. Cuauhtemoc Sanchez, the director researcher at the Yucatan State Health, said that of all the diseases that occur in Yucatan 91% are caused by the poor quality of water. In Yucatan there are 10 municipalities that don’t chlorinate their water, reducing 25 years of life expectancy for […]
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Mexico: Campaign Preventing Skin Cancer Lounged in Mexico City The secretary of Health of Mexico city presented the campaign preventing skin cancer and other health problems associated with solar exposure on Thursday March 29th. The number of skin cancer case load has increased 20-30 percent in the last 30 years. Read Article
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Prohibition in check. Decision of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) in Brasilia, limits the powers of operation excluding use for medical or testimonial evidence against motorists stopped on blitzes. According to the text adopted yesterday by five votes to four, only the breathalyzer test and blood tests can attest to a drunk driver. The […]
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The doctors rejected the eight hours of work, because he refuses a job conquest. They demand the repeal of the DS 1126 which was put into effect by the Government. A government decision to enforce the eight hour working day, the doctors responded to the indefinite national strike marks from today. The National Health Committee […]
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El Alto, La Paz, Tarija, Uyuni and other regions. They also asked that the tests are free for those under 18, taking into account the data on the incidence of HIV / AIDS show that this is the sector of the population with largest increase in cases across the country. Different centers for youth and […]
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Some 27 dead and thousands of evacuees left the winter to hit with force to country, where six provinces have been hardest hit, sources said today of the National Secretariat for Risk Management, SNGR. The source told Efe that there have been 58 people injured and have evacuated more than 6,000, while 261 houses have […]
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One person died, three were seriously injured and over a hundred homes were flooded by the collapse of sewers, streams, creeks and rivers overflowed in over seven areas of southern basin, after a torrential downpour with hail and lightning storm that recorded from 16:00 on Tuesday. At 20 minutes into the rain Fire Basin on […]
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Doctor Jose Rafael Marquina who lives in Florida and is a professor at the Nova University and consultant for several Venezuelan intensive care clinics, told ABC from Madrid that he has ‘first hand’ information of the Venezuelan president health from specialists working close to him. “Chavez has a cancerous tumour which has extended to three […]
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Rainfall started in January and still not stop. The government of Rafael Correa declared a state of emergency in six provinces. There millions in losses. About three thousand of the victims and survivors living in shelters, 1,554 houses and other relatives, said the National Risk Management (SNGR, Civil Defense) in a report provided to the […]
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To date, the Public Health Institute of Chile, the Southern University and the Laboratory of the Catholic University have confirmed 31 cases of Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS), 8 of them have died (5 of the Bío Bío, 1 of the Maule Region, 1 in the Araucania Region and 1 in the metropolitan area). Read Article
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Those who maintain the disease is by abandoning treatment Bolivarian government expanded by 90% cure of TB patients Home » Developments , Public Health Those who maintain the disease is by abandoning treatment Bolivarian government expanded by 90% cure of TB patients March 26, 2012 | Make a comment 1 The information was released by […]
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The air ambulance had disappeared on Thursday at dawn near Puerto Aguirre in the Chilean region of Aysen was found and ruled out any survivors among the 6 passengers who were aboard, General Charles Bernstein confirmed to the newspaper La Tercera. Read Article
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John of God grabs what looks like a kitchen knife from a silver tray and appears to scrape it over the right eye of a believer. The “psychic surgeon” then wipes a viscous substance from the blade onto the patient’s shirt. The procedure is repeated on the left eye of Juan Carlos Arguelles, who recently […]
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To help minimize water scarcity in the district of Chilca south of Lima, Peru Power Fenix company, company in charge of the construction and operation of the Power Plant located in the area announced that the project will generate 2,000 m3 drinking water for the population. Mariella Paredes, Manager of Corporate Affairs, Phoenix Power Peru, […]
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On March 22nd the health officials in Cuernavaca, Morelos concluded the influenza H1N1 vaccination season. The statistics ended up with 140 infections, 4 deaths, and a 96 percent of immunization coverage. The focus now will be addressing the citizens gastrointestinal complications as that as warm temperatures increase. Read Article
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presidential candidate, Henrique Capriles, during his tour of the Las Flores, municipality of San Cristobal, Tachira, commented on the recent statements by the Attorney General of the Republic, considering ” unusual “as to investigate reports of water pollution in the country. Capriles today regretted that World Water Day 4 million people in Venezuela do not […]
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The Brazilian government decided to control the quality of breast implants sold in the country, where a high social value to physical appearance. The measure is particularly geared to imported prostheses are offered in the market without national health checks. Read Article
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The National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology (Senamhi) today advised people to maintain preventive measures against ultraviolet (UV) in the autumn months. Nevertheless, although the intensity decreases, the head of the institution, Amelia Diaz, said that the radiation level to drop in May and June should not generate indifference among the population. “In summer we […]
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Health Minister, Jaime Mañalich, reminded the Hippocratic oath during his speech at the first discussion on the possibility of legislation regarding therapeutic abortion proposals and defended the government’s negative position on the matter. Secretary of State also focused his speech on the technical aspects and doctors on the subject. Read Article
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Few examples lighter than the Chagas disease to fully understand what is spoken when it comes to “neglected diseases” in 2003 the international laboratory that produced it manufactured the last game the only drug developed in decades to eliminate the parasite that cause, Trypanosoma cruzi. Late last year, and in the midst of a critical […]
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The addiction treatment centers are consulted by the excessive use of the Web since 2002, but between 2010 and 2011 doubled by the rage for social networking. “What is alarming is the growth of the proportion (of visits). The problem started appearing in 2002 with the rise of Internet cafes. Always be attentive to the […]
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Yellow Alert Continues The Ministry of Health reported yesterday that it maintains a yellow alert was declared institutional recent cases of influenza A (H1N1) identified in the country. Bayardo Diaz, public relations officer of Health, said at March 17 have been reported 88 cases of seasonal influenza -65 influenza A (H1N1) and influenza type B […]
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In Ecuador, 6 in 10 women have experienced some form of domestic violence, Morona Santiago, Tungurahua and Pichincha provinces are the highest rates of domestic violence recorded in the country, 9 out of 10 divorced women in Ecuador have experienced one of the four forms of violence: psychological, physical, sexual or proprietary. Read Article
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The Brazilian Health Ministry announced today that it acquired 20 million female condoms will be distributed for free this year throughout the country, especially among women considered vulnerable to the spread of sexual diseases. Condoms at a cost of 27.3 million reais ($ 15.2 million) and are the first third-generation, made from latex, nitrile, acquired […]
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Mexico: Two Women Die from Influenza Health officials in Sonora have registered 294 cases of influenza and a total of 8 deaths. The two latest death cases consisted of two women containing the AH1N1 virus. The last victim was a 43 year old woman who was hospitalized ever since March 5th in Obregon Sonora. Read […]
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Two men are accused of murder and concealing a woman for murder. Three nurses (two men and a woman for murder cover-up) were processed by the death of patients who were in intensive care at two medical institutions in Montevideo (Uruguay). The charge was “especially aggravated homicide in reiteration real” murders of 16 recognized by […]
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They came for a few days off and took the shock of their lives. Eso le aconteció a la pareja de canadienses Laura Milcawich y Stephen Aube, quienes arribaron a este país y fueron asaltados mientras visitaban el cerro Mandango, en la parroquia de Vilcabamba, el 8 de marzo. That’s what happened to the pair […]
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Two children less than one year olda year have died of dengue hemorrhagic fever, as he told the parent in the nursing home where the child was hospitalized. The night of Sunday March 5, the small Matias Vera, just one year, was transferred by his mother to a polyclinic Vinche Carolina near his home in […]
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The official recalled that there is a confirmed case of the disease, and eight under study, but said that can be prevented by basic hygiene. Jose del Busto, director of Integrated Health System, said the virus is hardy and can survive up to eight hours on dry surfaces, so it is not recommended to use […]
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I ordered the Ministry of Health of the Nation. In Santiago, the Minister Martinez urged “not to lower the arms and continue to comply with preventive measures.” National health authorities yesterday issued a “high alert” for possible outbreak of dengue in the country and urged health professionals to redouble efforts to detect suspected patients in […]
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Tocoa, Colón. Health officials in the department of Colón met with representatives of epidemiology at the Ministry of Health, to evaluate the growth of malaria cases. Map of the incidence of malaria in Columbus. According to authorities, the most affected sites are Sonaguera, Sheba, Tocoa, Trujillo and Santa Fe In these five cities is where […]
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A recurring complaint about the service areas of emergency in three hospitals in Guayaquil: the long wait for medical care, which the patients are “emergencies”. So far this year recorded a surge of winter diseases in the wards of public hospitals Ycaza Francisco Bustamante and Abel Gilbert, known as Guayaquil and the IESS, Teodoro Maldonado […]
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The regional councilor of the Andean province of Otuzco, Rafael Mayer Haro, reported to have presented thirteen cases of Anthrax in the region, they who are being treated at the post in the town of Sinsicap. As mentioned, the cases were from the weekend. However, just yesterday was confirmed the presence of skin infection, those […]
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Establishing coordination among various ministries to alleviate the effects of heavy rains. It is also expected that the Ministry of Finance to allocate the resources needed to mobilize people at risk and their subsequent relocation to shelters, Ecuavisa reported. The provinces in which they declared a state of emergency are: Manabi, Guayas, Los Ríos, El […]
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Increase of dengue cases in El Oro In most rural districts of Machala remains stagnant water causing the appearance of mosquitoes carrying dengue and other diseases. Residents say there are many mosquitoes and some children have symptoms such as fever, malaise, headache and sectors where they live have not been fumigated. Across the province, in […]
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The lack of drugs in health units in the cantons of Manta and Montecristi in Manabi desperate patients and acute complaints from users. Since last February the Sub-center pharmacy drug Montecristi is unserved. “The excuse given is that the game still fails to buy,” said an employee of that agency, who omitted his name and […]
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According to the health department in the state, the deaths are located in urban areas and correspond to patients affiliated to IMSS. • In Oaxaca Oaxaca, 14 people have died from influenza H1N1 have been reported and a total of 297 infections, reported the state Health Secretary Germain Tenorio Vasconcelos. Reported that epidemiological week number […]
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The ecological zone “The Cabildo-Amatal ‘, located south of this city, is at high risk for pollution levels, there is even illegal dumping, said Manuel Vazquez Moreno conservationist. In an interview, explained that an extension of two thousand 832 hectares in the area, the program integrated within the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, no deposit of […]
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Consumption of food contaminated with water and oil has a high risk to health. If now restored assortment Guarapiche after oil spill in Jusepín February 4, residents of the eastern state could face the consequences of gastrointestinal exposure to the chemical, reports The National . Antonio Machado, of the National Academy of Physical Sciences, Mathematics […]
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The hospital Cimeq of Havana, where he will undergo surgery on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, is the jewel of Cuba’s health system and has had among his patients leader Fidel Castro, but also to other Cubans who have complex diseases. CIMEQ or Medical Surgical Research Center, is located in western Havana and he was hospitalized […]
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Holder Announces Sanitary II, Hector Puertas Corners, which confirmed three positive cases of influenza. He said: “These are two male children aged 1 to four years and a little in the same age, all have received their treatment and are fine with them totaling 13 people infected with this virus, although not seen as a […]
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Tapachula, Chiapas. – The transit of migrants has caused the disease malaria has been controlled in its entirety, so the doctor and researcher exposed in Health Sciences National Institute of Public Health and the Regional Research Center in Public Health (CRISP), Maria Guadalupe Martinez Vazquez. He said that “there are few cases of malaria cases, […]
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Due to lack of budget Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca. – Leticia Cortés Martínez, regional link address Mixteca Food Assistance in Oaxaca said that so far, over 80% of communities in the district of Huajuapan have the services provided by the Dining Community Nutrition to improve nutritional status of infants and women of childbearing age, with […]
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Dengue is a viral disease transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypti is present in tropical and subtropical areas of the country. 70% of Ecuador has environmental conditions suitable for reproduction, but in winter the coastal provinces and the East are the most affected due to moisture. According to data provided by the Ministry of Public […]
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Health officials in Guatemala today sent to a laboratory in Atlanta, United States, samples of a virus that has killed at least six children in a rural community east of the country, officials said. The doctor Juan Tomas Garcia, National Zacapa hospital, told reporters that the evidence submitted to the U.S. were made to the […]
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Ancient activity in the Mexican countryside, cultivation of medicinal plants can mean big business not only to meet food stores raw materials and markets, but to supply the growing industry of herbal medicine, which will tend to gradually replace the allopathic medicine . Its adaptability to any type of climate, soil and all the variations […]
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The President of the Republic, Rafael Correa, announced that the country already has a draft law for the protection, promotion and preservation of the ancestral knowledge of the country’s biodiversity, which will face the biopiracy. Biopiracy is a practice whereby researchers or companies illegally used the biodiversity of developing countries and the collective knowledge of […]
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Although the number of available hospital beds has increased nationally from 7,748 to 9,256 between 2006 and 2011 in the premises managed by the MSP, according to information received from the Government health officials believe that this increase is insufficient, taking into As the demand of the service increases with increase in the population each […]
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Over 17% of Ecuadorian youth between 15 and 19 are mothers, the second highest rate in Latin America, behind Venezuela, according to data released today by the Government, which has launched a campaign to reduce this figure by a quarter in two years. In 2010, the latest year for which official figures, 20% of births […]
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The cruise company MSC Armonia, which in recent days there were several cases of influenza B, one of them fatal, arrived yesterday morning at the port of Buenos Aires and underwent an inspection by the Ministry of Health to prevention mode whereby it was confirmed that there are four crew who have symptoms of the […]
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The defense minister, Ruben Saavedra, reported today that the Government declared a national emergency by rains that have caused havoc in the nine departments, and said that there are about 1,000 homeless families in Pando. He explained that backed the 2140 law was declared national emergency, a move that will allow municipalities and governorates to […]
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Flores is one of about 2,000 women who reported being sterilized against their will, as part of a program of “family planning” undertaken by the government of Alberto Fujimori in 1996. The program consisted of the forced sterilization of some 300,000 women, according to information the government itself. Read Article
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The cruise ship MSC Armonia, where a waitress of 30 years suffered a severe respiratory illness infected with influenza B virus for which she died on Saturday in Brazil, tied this morning in Montevideo and then continue their way to Buenos Aires, where is scheduled to arrive tomorrow at 9 am. The ship’s captain had […]
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The mayor of Bogota, Gustavo Petro, signed today a cooperation agreement on disability with the Vice President of Ecuador, which will send three teams of experts to the city to report on the “Manuela Mirror”, which has helped thousands of people in the country. At the signing ceremony, the secretary general of the Vice President […]
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This deadly disease, was reintroduced in Sandia (25-01-2012) claiming the lives of a farmer of 45 years of age, male sex, district of Alto Inambari Huyncalla community who died at his home with signs and symptoms of yellow fever, it was confirmed by the National Institute of Health (NIH). Also, a farmer of 57 years […]
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A university professor and researcher at the CONICET alerted to the presence of vinchucas contaminated with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes the Chagas-Mazza in different parts of the Central Valley of Catamarca and the provincial capital. The architect Marta Vigo noted that “Chagas had been quite controlled, but there is a resurgence because people […]
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Meanwhile, the Government confirmed fourth inmate infected with this virus and reported that there are 37 other inmates under observation for similar symptoms. On the other hand, the health minister, Jaime Mañalich, said people who are hospitalized have shown positive developments. Meanwhile, the Government confirmed fourth inmate infected with this virus and reported that there […]
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Deputy Health Minister, Javier Pastor, announced that Honduras will impose an epidemiological fence border areas with Nicaragua and El Salvador by the increase of rotavirus in those countries. Shepherd explained that the decision taken by the reports of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) which show an increase of cases of rotavirus in El Salvador […]
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Every year in Colombia are diagnosed about 600 new cases of leprosy, which, while 5% are prescribed in the District, mostly from other cities. Multibacillary forms predominate in advanced stages of the disease and, in more than half the cases, patients have disabilities in the hands, eyes or feet, which are most frequently affected sites. […]
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Yellow fever and cholera are some diseases that are present in the preferred destinations for Chilean travelers. That is why experts recommend that vacationers an infectious disease consult before taking the plane to evaluate which vaccines applied and also receive recommendations for reducing the risk of infection. The only difficulty is the price you have […]
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The director of the Departmental Health Service (Headquarters) of Santa Cruz, Joaquin Monasteries, said Tuesday on red alert that department oriental by increased cases of dengue. According to a previous report, in Santa Cruz there were 157 confirmed cases and at least 820 suspected cases, but that figure is expected to increase with the latest […]
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The plastic surgeon’s office Sousa Ignacio is so full that women have to make a tail coming out of the reception room. There are university students in their twenties, forties housewives, middle-class clerks: all are afraid that their breast implants have been torn and want to know when they can get. Like thousands of women […]
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When just starting yesterday, at 12:10 am, an earthquake of 6.2 magnitude on the Richter scale rose from their beds to hundreds of Ica who, alarmed, took to the streets fearing that the quake reached the intensity occurred on August 15, 2007. Although he did not have the magnitude of the earthquake, the earthquake in […]
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Two new cases of dengue were confirmed yesterday in Cochabamba, said Amadeo Rojas, Head of Epidemiology Department of Health Services (Headquarters). In Santa Cruz on Friday attended 276 people with symptoms of the disease. The first concerns a young man of 22 years who was allegedly bitten by third time by the mosquito that transmits […]
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Jorochito Dermatological Hospital, located 43 kilometers southeast of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, still feel the void left by the Sisters of the Congregation “Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul.” In the corridors of the hospital, where the nuns used to run from one place to another in search of medical care for […]
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Councilman Santa Cruz, Marcelo Serafini reported that the third time that the company is in charge of the complex Manantial Espejo, commits a serious accident. The protest in opposition to the megaminería which began in La Rioja and Catamarca rubbed off within days, arrived yesterday to the province of Santa Cruz, where the councilman Marcelo […]
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In the development of an operation by the police in the city of Popayan, reported the seizure of more than 500 000 drug smuggling that were stored in a warehouse and were distributed throughout the country. According to the official report, for the record to collection of contraband drugs were found, marked with stamps from […]
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People in the 50 and 60 were exposed to high levels of arsenic in drinking water in Chile, they still retain a high risk of developing bladder cancer, says a new study. This shows the importance to continue to monitor the population, according to said lead author Dr. Fernando Coz, professor of urology at the […]
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Residents of the village of Matthew reported the discovery of many skeletons of mares and horses would be sold as beef markets in the capital. According to police reports from a couple of days have been denouncing the horse butchered by a gang dedicated to stealing cattle and then sell the meat in a clandestine […]
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Dengue figures continue to rise in coastal provinces. Reported to health authorities yesterday afternoon 367 cases of the disease so far this year, while the previous day there had been 280. The new cases confirmed in El Oro, where from 29 to 82 and into rivers increased from 69 to 94. In Manabi, until Monday […]
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Overall, since January 1 are 280 cases of dengue, including severe than previously known as hemorrhagic fever, in Guayas (103), Manabi (79), Los Rios (69), Gold (29) and Esmeraldas ( 12). In addition, 6 of malaria reported in Esmeraldas (4) and Los Rios(2). Cases of dengue and malaria in Costa increase as winter passes and […]
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The issues of most concern are the quality of service and status of hospitals. Despite the ads, some progress and measures taken in the past year and a half by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection to redress the situation of the health system, the sector continues to show great signs of improvement, in […]
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Lainformacion.mx report the health secretary, Carlos Eduardo Carrillo Ordaz, reports the identification of 19 cases in the metropolitan area of the state, without posing a risk of a pandemic. Read Article
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Tamiflu, an antiviral drug developed to treat influenza A and B, is sold in pharmacies in Mexico City. In the current winter season, which are flu and respiratory diseases, this drug made by Roche is not easy to find. The antiviral discovered by Gilead Sciences, U.S. biopharmaceutical revenues in 2008 of $ 5.300 billion before […]
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There are now nine deaths from an outbreak of influenza A-H1N1 in Mexico, also known as swine flu, a total of 573 cases, health authorities said the country on January 23. Influenza A-H1N1 for more than 90 percent of flu cases in the country, according to the Ministry of Health. Since 19 January, when health […]
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Between nine and twelve months of life are you the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, if he insists on right to refuse treatment that would force him to temporarily leave his presidential duties, according to the latest medical examination by specialists who care for you. From the new tests on 30 December, the doctors concluded […]
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Three friends were on vacation in Copacabana on the shores of Lake Titicaca, where Sergio Gachon began to feel ill. In a hospital provided him with penicillin, he was allergic and died later in a hostel. The boy’s family says it would be a Bolivian professional malpractice, while the consul of Chile in Bolivia says […]
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Chavarria Jose Delgado, one of the thirteen affected by the ammonia gas leak raised yesterday. Until 11:00 yesterday thirteen people who were affected by the ammonia gas leak in the tuna boat Lucy T were recovered and had no serious affectations, according to doctors from Social Security hospitals and Rafael Rodriguez Zambrano of Manta, where […]
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The scabies epidemic occurred in the municipality of Tatahuicapan and was controlled, according to the Secretary of Health, Pablo Rivera Anaya, who denied that he had been deaths from this infection. “It’s a disease that kills, is a dermatologist (…) is already working the jurisdiction to review this,” Anaya said Rivera. Health Secretary dismissed the […]
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The case of a pregnant 11 year old girl, whose mother asked the justice to be allowed for termination of pregnancy was the result of sexual abuse, but unexpectedly withdrew from it, Argentina has revived the controversy surrounding the legalization of abortion. Social organizations today denounced any pressure to the family of the girl pregnant […]
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diarioopinion.com reported so far this winter season kills 12 and 1 293 victims in nine of the 24 provinces of Ecuador. As reported by the Department of Risk Management (SNGR) at least 724 homes have been destroyed. As part of the winter season, the Ministry of Health (MOH) is taking action to confront an outbreak […]
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Before the São Paulo Police operation that surrounded the ‘Crackland’ last week, Folha checked neighborhoods such as Vila Mariana, Bixiga, Paraíso, Penha and Bela Vista, in the past six months. In those places, Folha reporters found houses and apartments where a scheme, unknown to authorities till then, took place – the private ‘Cracklands’. Read Article
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Ricardo Uribe said there are complaints of managers and employees of establishments, about the presence of stagnant water and mosquitoes, likely carriers of dengue on the boardwalk. The council asked the Sanitary District VIII, health brigades to eliminate possible outbreak of dengue in the embankment due to excess water at certain points. Excess water, which […]
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Gen. Ramos, 12, is the first victim of severe dengue (hemorrhagic) of the year, confirmed yesterday the Provincial Health Directorate of Guayas. The boy died on Sunday at 07:00 or so, in the area of the hospital’s Intensive Care Ycaza Francisco Bustamante.The patient began the clinical Jan. 9, according to information from their families with […]
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The Mexican Center for Environmental Law (Cemda) reported that at least 20 cities in that country caused air pollution in the last decade some 38 000 deaths from lung diseases. The agency also explained that environmental pollution is a federal public health problem. According to Cemda, this is due to environmental pollution costs accounted equivalent […]
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Epidemiological alert in the province of Ucayali confirmed seven cases of dengue in the first month of the year. The Regional Health Deputy Loreto, Cristian Angeles Carey, who is in Contamana since last Wednesday, confirmed that the province of Ucayali in dengue epidemic alert, having been detected in this first month of 7 cases of […]
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