Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Monday that the government plans to spend at least $140 million to fight a yellow fever outbreak in the country. Obtaining, and administering, the necessary…
Colombia’s Ombudsman’s Office urged the Senate to consider the government’s proposal to reform the country’s public health system, which has been in crisis for decades. In a letter the Senate,…
Colombia’s Comptroller General’s Office (CGO) is investigating 24 private healthcare intermediaries for misallocating $2.9 billion that was meant for COVID19 treatments during the 2020 pandemic. According to the CGO, the…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office opened a criminal investigation to find out if intermediaries siphoned off funds meant for healthcare. A team of elite prosecutors will investigate if the healthcare intermediaries’…
Colombia’s Congress sunk a healthcare reform that was one of the flagship policy proposals of President Gustavo Petro’s government. Ahead of the vote, the Health Superintendent assumed control over two…
The vast majority of the private intermediaries that are part of Colombia’s public healthcare system don’t comply with regulations that allow them to operate, according to the Comptroller General’s Office.…
Colombia’s constitutional court legalized physician-assisted suicide (PAS) on Wednesday. The historic ruling decriminalized PAS for people who suffer from severe health conditions that patients consider a threat to their dignity.…
The number of people who died of COVID-19 in Colombia has risen to levels not seen since August last year, the Health Ministry said Tuesday. According to the ministry, 138…
Colombia’s Comptroller General’s Office warned that the failure to pay hospitals for the application of vaccines against COVID-19 is threatening the government’s National Vaccination Plan. According to comptroller for the…