Six confirmed cases of measles in Barranquilla, the fourth most populous city in Colombia, have led the Colombian government to embark on a mission to vaccinate over eight million people…
The Colombian government has allocated $558 million to the public hospital network, which the minister of social protection said Friday will be sufficient to save major hospitals from closing. Minister…
Colombia’s Minister of Social Protection said that between 40 and 45 health insurance companies (EPS) will be permanently eliminated beginning in mid-October. The government’s decision follows a major corruption scandal…
The script of the accusation against the five officials arrested in the health care scandal revealed that each one was fully aware of, and helped to direct, the illegal operations…
Charges have officially been placed against the first five detainees in the health care scandal that has cost the Colombian state billions of dollars. The Prosecutor General’s Office presented the…
Police said that more than $2.5 billion (COP 4.5 trillion) has been stolen from Colombians over the course of a major health care scandal, newspaper El Tiempo reported Tuesday. The…
Two million vaccines against the swine flu virus will arrive in Colombia from February 25, stated the country’s health minister on Wednesday. Health Minister Diego Palacio said that the vaccinations…