Link for Health » Health & Safety http://www.cliniclink.org ...formerly Clinic Link Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:39:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Article: Children in Crisis http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/07/children-in-crisis/ http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/07/children-in-crisis/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:50:04 +0000 Laura http://www.cliniclink.org/?p=4479 The following excerpt is from a July 22, 2010 article published by Stanford University News.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here.

Children in Crisis: Stanford Researcher Blends Medicine, Politics to Improve Health of Guatemala’s Poorest

BY ADAM GORLICK

SAN JUAN EL MIRADOR, Guatemala – Dozens of children are heading into a metal-sided, one-room building in this tiny village overlooking Guatemala’s western highlands. On most days, this is the community school. But today is special. ...complete post]]> http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/07/children-in-crisis/feed/ 0 Article: 23 Die in Day of Violence in Guatemala http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/07/article-23-die-in-day-of-violence-in-guatemala/ http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/07/article-23-die-in-day-of-violence-in-guatemala/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:55:31 +0000 Laura http://www.cliniclink.org/?p=4410 The following excerpt is from a July 11, 2010 article published by The Latin American Times.  To read this article in its entirety, please click here.

GUATEMALA CITY – Violence continues unabated in Guatemala, where at least 23 people, including six women and a girl, died in one day this weekend, the press reported Sunday, citing police statistics.

The violence in Guatemala had been leaving an average of between 11 and 15 dead each day, but on ...complete post]]> http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/07/article-23-die-in-day-of-violence-in-guatemala/feed/ 0 Article: Alarming Spread of Dengue in Guatemala http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/07/article-alarming-spread-of-dengue-in-guatemala/ http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/07/article-alarming-spread-of-dengue-in-guatemala/#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:54:05 +0000 Laura http://www.cliniclink.org/?p=4398 The following excerpt is from a July 1, 2010 article published by InsideCostaRica.com.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here.

GUATEMALA – Guatemalan health authorities issued a red alert and began a drive to reduce the rising number of dengue cases and growing Aedes Aegipty mosquito population reported in the first six months of the year.

As of June 19, official statistics recorded 4,391 confirmed cases, including 98 of the hemorrhagic strain, compared to ...complete post]]> http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/07/article-alarming-spread-of-dengue-in-guatemala/feed/ 0 Article: Guatemala Health System Unequipped To Support Indigenous Birthing Methods http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/05/article-guatemala-health-system-unequipped-to-support-indigenous-birthing-methods/ http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/05/article-guatemala-health-system-unequipped-to-support-indigenous-birthing-methods/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 03:46:30 +0000 Laura http://www.cliniclink.org/?p=3802 The following excerpt is from a May 24, 2010 article published by Eurasia Review.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here.

By Louisa Reynolds

Indigenous midwives are estimated to attend almost two-thirds of the births in Guatemala, and their work has proved vital in the recognition of indigenous peoples´ medicine. But while they play a key part of the process of coordination between the networks of traditional health care and ...complete post]]> http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/05/article-guatemala-health-system-unequipped-to-support-indigenous-birthing-methods/feed/ 0 Article: Preliminary Findings in Guatemala, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/05/article-preliminary-findings-in-guatemala-un-special-rapporteur-on-the-right-to-health/ http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/05/article-preliminary-findings-in-guatemala-un-special-rapporteur-on-the-right-to-health/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 04:12:20 +0000 Laura http://www.cliniclink.org/?p=3764 The following excerpt is from a May 19, 2010 article published by the Guatemalan Times.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here.

Guatemala City. Mr. Anand Grover, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to the highest attainable standard of health, visited Guatemala between 12-18 May 2010. On 18 May, he conveyed to the Government his preliminary reflections on his visit. Later on 18 May, he held a press conference in Guatemala City. He ...complete post]]> http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/05/article-preliminary-findings-in-guatemala-un-special-rapporteur-on-the-right-to-health/feed/ 0 Article: Guatemala Gangs To Bus Drivers: Pay Fee, Or Risk Death http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/05/article-guatemala-gangs-to-bus-drivers-pay-fee-or-risk-death/ http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/05/article-guatemala-gangs-to-bus-drivers-pay-fee-or-risk-death/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 18:33:46 +0000 Laura http://www.cliniclink.org/?p=3699 The following excerpt is based on a May 17, 2010 article published by Inside Costa Rica.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here.

The week before he was killed, Rogelio Chivalan paid gangs a protection fee of $240 to drive his bus safely through neighborhoods they controlled.

They killed him anyway, with four shots to the head while he drove his bus during morning rush hour in August 2007.

“They’ll kill you if you pay. ...complete post]]> http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/05/article-guatemala-gangs-to-bus-drivers-pay-fee-or-risk-death/feed/ 0 Article: Two Die from Hemorrhagic Dengue in Southern Guatemala http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/05/article-two-die-from-hemorrhagic-dengue-in-southern-guatemala/ http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/05/article-two-die-from-hemorrhagic-dengue-in-southern-guatemala/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 17:25:47 +0000 Laura http://www.cliniclink.org/?p=3689 The following excerpt is from a May 17, 2010 article published by the Latin American Herald Tribune.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here.

GUATEMALA CITY – An 11-year-old girl and her 47-year-old aunt died from hemorrhagic dengue in the southern Guatemalan province of Santa Rosa, health officials said Sunday.

The girl died on Friday at Guatemala City’s San Juan de Dios Hospital, where she was taken on an emergency basis, and her aunt ...complete post]]> http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/05/article-two-die-from-hemorrhagic-dengue-in-southern-guatemala/feed/ 0 Article: Hard to Treat Diseases (HTDS) Closed First Varicella Contract in Guatemala http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/05/article-varicella/ http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/05/article-varicella/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 14:00:13 +0000 Laura http://www.cliniclink.org/?p=3612 The following excerpt is from a May 10, 2010 article published by PR Newswire.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here.

SHENZHEN, China, May 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Hard to Treat Diseases (HTDS; http://www.htdsmedical.com/) announces that the company successfully acquired the first contract for its Freeze-dried Varicella Vaccine.

After the HTDS acquired Approval for its Freeze-dried MEVAC-vari in this Central American country (company’s first Varicella vaccine approval in Latin America), the company closed the first ...complete post]]> http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/05/article-varicella/feed/ 0 Article: Johnson & Johnson Division Recalls 43 OTC Medicines for Children http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/05/article-johnson-johnson-division-recalls-43-otc-medicines-for-children/ http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/05/article-johnson-johnson-division-recalls-43-otc-medicines-for-children/#comments Sun, 02 May 2010 05:14:26 +0000 Laura http://www.cliniclink.org/?p=3459 The following excerpt is from a May 1, 2010 article published by The Washington Post.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here.

A division of Johnson & Johnson is recalling 43 over-the-counter medicines made for infants and children — including liquid versions of Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl — after federal regulators identified what they called deficiencies at the company’s manufacturing facility.

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Marc Boston, a McNeil spokesman, would not discuss the deficiencies cited by ...complete post]]> http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/05/article-johnson-johnson-division-recalls-43-otc-medicines-for-children/feed/ 0 Article: Central America Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q2 2010 – New Market Report Published http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/04/article-central-america-pharmaceuticals-and-healthcare-report-q2-2010-new-market-report-published/ http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/04/article-central-america-pharmaceuticals-and-healthcare-report-q2-2010-new-market-report-published/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:33:17 +0000 Laura http://www.cliniclink.org/?p=3401 The following excerpt is from an April 29, 2010 article published by CompaniesAndMarkets.com.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here.

When taken as a whole, the pharmaceutical market of Central America is an attractive prospect for drugmakers. Combined sales of prescription drugs and over-the-counter (OTC) medicines are forecast to increase from US$2.35bn in 2009 to US$2.49bn in 2010. This equates to respectable 6.1% growth and makes Central America’s pharmaceutical market the sixth-largest in ...complete post]]> http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/04/article-central-america-pharmaceuticals-and-healthcare-report-q2-2010-new-market-report-published/feed/ 0