Govt to lift 1.5m Colombian families out of poverty
A state-funded program plans to help more than 1.5 million Colombian families overcome extreme poverty, and a million families have already been helped by the scheme, according to a government…
A state-funded program plans to help more than 1.5 million Colombian families overcome extreme poverty, and a million families have already been helped by the scheme, according to a government…
The Barranquilla health secretary on Friday placed hospitals in the coastal city on yellow alert in the lead-up to the community’s four days of flamboyant festivities. Health Secretary Luis Alexander…
Colombia has been having its own healthcare debate. If you have been reading Colombia Reports, you will know that two weeks ago the Uribe administration issued a series of highly…
An estimated 57,000 Colombians took to the streets on Saturday to protest against controversial reforms ordered by the government to prevent the country’s health care system from collapsing. According to…
205 people have died of the AH1N1 virus, or swine flu, in Colombia since it first appeared in May last year, health authorities said on Tuesday. In total, 142,560 Colombian…
A backlash against the Colombian government’s proposed health care overhaul is steadily gaining momentum among Colombia’s scientists and doctors. “We’re not against these reforms as a whole, but certain points…
A joint humanitarian mission by the Colombian and U.S. military in the south of Colombia has been able to provide treatment to over 3,300 people in its first week, a…
Russia warns its citizens not to travel to Colombia’s most tropical areas amid fears of an increase in dengue fever and malaria infections in the South American country. “According to…
Health care workers seized two of Bogota’s biggest churches on Tuesday in protest against government measures to prevent Colombia’s health care system from collapsing. Some 300 health care workers seized…