The following excerpt is from a January 24 article published by the Latin American Herald Tribune. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. GUATEMALA CITY – A total of 274 rotavirus cases have been reported so far this year in Guatemala, but there have been no deaths, Guatemalan Health Minister Ludwig Ovalle [...]
Category Archives: Health & Safety
Article: Guatemala Reports Nearly 300 Rotavirus Cases
Posted by Laura on January 24, 2010
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Article: State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples Report Launched
Posted by Laura on January 17, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a January 15, 2010 article published by UNPO.com. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. To view the UN report on which the article is based, click here. State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples Report Launched First UN publication on the state of the world’s indigenous peoples [...]
Article: Malnutrition in Guatemala
Posted by Jon on January 12, 2010
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The following excerpt is from an August 27th, 2009 article published by the Economist. This article does a great job of highlighting some public health issues facing the nation. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. It is hardly one of Latin America’s poorest countries, but according to Unicef almost half of [...]
Article: Fire Arms Attacks, Epidemic in Guatemala
Posted by Kari on January 4, 2010
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The following excerpt is from an article published December 28, 2009 in InsideCostaRica.com. To view the article in its entirety, please click here. Fire Arms Attacks, Epidemic in Guatemala GUATEMALA – The increase of fire arms attacks is considered a pandemic in Guatemala by government authorities. In that country the murder average with fire arms is of 48 per [...]
Article: Hope International Centro de Radioterapia of Guatemala…
Posted by Laura on January 1, 2010
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The following excerpt is from a December 22, 2009 article published by PR Newswire. To view the article in its entirety, please click here. Hope International Centro de Radioterapia of Guatemala Becomes First in Latin America to Treat Cancer Using RapidArc(R) Radiotherapy Technology From Varian Medical Systems Patients with head and neck, rectal, and recurring [...]
Article: Guatemala, PAHO sign medicine purchasing pact
Posted by Kari on December 26, 2009
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The following excerpt is from an December 18, 2009 article published in China View. To read the article in its entirety, click here. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) — Guatemala’s health minister told media Thursday that the nation has signed an agreement with the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) to buy medicine and vaccines against A/H1N1 [...]
Article: Water Series – La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo
Posted by Laura on September 5, 2009
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A very interesting series on water accessibility in Guatemala was written by Rudy Girón, editor of the La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo. His first post, from August 11, 2009 is reproduced here, with his permission. To read the series in its entirety, please click here. The series is in blog format, so it may make [...]
Article: Perceptions of Short-Term Medical Volunteer Work: A Qualitative Study in Guatemala
Posted by Laura on August 24, 2009
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Tyler Green1 , Heidi Green1 , Jean Scandlyn2 and Andrew Kestler3 1School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA 2Departments of Anthropology and Health and Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA 3Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA Click here to view this article in its [...]