HIV cases have increased by 23% in Bogota: Health Secretary
Bogota’s Health Secretary said Wednesday that reported cases of HIV in Colombia’s...
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Heroin users receive hygiene kits in health initiative in west Colombia city
The local government of the central Colombian city of Pereira, and Colombia’s Ministry of...
Colombia’s justice system fails military victims of conflict: NGO
Members of Colombia’s armed forces that are victims of war crimes are not given the same treatment as civilian victims, says a military defense NGO. According to Demil, the attention of both the domestic population and the...
LGBT films shown across Colombia
A series of films on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights and HIV/AIDS will be shown across Colombia until December 20. The show, which is called “No dejes que otr@ deSida por ti” (Do not let...
Colombia seeks to control AIDS
Since 1983 over 67,000 Colombians have been diagnosed with AIDS, the country reported on World AIDS Day. In 2009, 4,960 new HIV cases and 1,281 people with AIDS were registered and 539 Colombians died of the disease, reported...
Bogota reports no prenatal HIV transmission
There have been no reported cases of HIV in new-born babies in Bogota over the past four years, reports RCN. Since 2006, Bogota has screened 83,279 pregnant women and found only 125 HIV positive cases. Those found carrying the...
