Colombia’s Red Cross asks not to attack medical missions
Colombia’s branch of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday asked the country’s conflicting factions to not attack medical missions.
Colombia’s branch of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday asked the country’s conflicting factions to not attack medical missions.
Colombia on Friday announced to put a cap on the price of 195 pharmaceutical drugs it says is being sold over price in the country.
Colombian senator Claudia Wilches Sarmiento slams the inclusion of Misoprostol, a drug used for abortions, miscarraiges and peptic ulcers, among the pharmecueticals legal in Colombia. Senator Wilches expressed her…
National health care in Colombia’s central Boyaca department is on the brink of a financial collapse, a representative of the Cubara municipality warned Tuesday. Without a hundred million dollar investment to…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos announced on Wednesday the arrest of seven health sector workers and former officials accused of embezzlement. The president tweeted the news, writing, “Another blow coordinated between…
Bogota’s Health Secretary has called for greater vigilance in the city’s health centers, after it detected a 30% spike in deaths of children suffering from Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) this…
Over half a million dollars has been stolen from the Colombian healthcare system, according to the Comptroller General, Sandra Morelli, reported local media. Government research revealed how people are using…
A Siamese twin that was born in the north of Colombia last Friday has died, local media reported Tuesday. Dulce Maria and Maria Angelica were born in the city of…
A doctor from Cali who worked in the U.S. for 15 years died in a helicopter crash in Florida while collecting a donor heart for transplant. Luis Felipe Bonilla died…