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Health experts from France, Argentina, Brazil and Cuba headed to Paraguay to help combat the outbreak of dengue, the mosquito borne disease, that has claimed 10 lives this year
Paraguay News Digest Experts to Paraguay for Dengue Outbreak (The Guardian )
Posted: 03/09/07 06:52 by Giovanni
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Financial problems face Chile's private healthcare Topics: • medical •
Chile’s Health Superintendent ordered Isapres to pay back US$1.5 million to customers, after an audit showed it have overcharged customers this amount during 2006. This came only 3 months after recruiting former finance minister Eduardo Aninat to iron out Chile’s private healthcare system.
Chile News Digest MORE PROBLEMS FOR CHILE’S PRIVATE HEALTHCARE (Santiago Times)
Posted: 03/09/07 06:25 by Giovanni
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President tells Brazilians to respect womenTopics: • medical •
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Brazilians must show women more respect by using condoms during sex. Talking on Wednesday at an event to help women avoid sexually transmitted diseases, the president said "sex is something everybody likes, it's a biological necessity for humans, so what we must do is teach,"
Brazil News Digest Lula tells Brazil to respect women (Washington Post)
Posted: 03/08/07 06:51 by Alain
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Obesity An EpidemicTopics: • medical •
Despite promising to reduce obesity from 16 percent in 2000 to 12 percent by 2010 Chile's government has done little to make this happen. At the moment 3.4 million Chileans suffer from obesity and it is predicted to rise to four million by 2010. It has become an "epidemic" with 22 percent of Chile's population classified as obese.
Chile News Digest THE RISING COST OF CHILE’S OBESITY (The Santiago Times)
Posted: 03/03/07 20:27 by Shannon
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General Comptroller Denounced Using Out Dated InsecticidesTopics: • medical •
In 2005 the National Service for the Eradication of Malaria used ten thousand liters of Permetrina which at expired two years before. This was used to supposedly eliminate the breeding grounds of the mosquito which transmits the dengue. The press claims Government strategy has been total failure.
Paraguay News Digest Use of out dated insecticides in Paraguay (Prensa Latina - Latin America News Agency)
Posted: 03/03/07 17:20 by Shannon
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