Scientists probe link between high altitude and low coronavirus cases
Bolivian team seeks to understand why low-lying areas have been hit harder than cities on higher ground (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - June 3, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
The pipes are calling: Bolivian band set to go home after months stranded in Germany
Members of a Bolivian orchestra featuring traditional flutes and pipes hope to return home next week after being stranded in the grounds of a German castle for about 80 days due to the coronavirus epidemic. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 28, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Coronavirus Leads to Nosedive in Remittances in Latin America
Remittances now account for an important portion of GDP in Latin America and the Caribbean and support millions of families, so the drop in this source of income is shaking the economies of many countries and deepening poverty in the region. CREDIT: World BankBy Humberto MárquezCARACAS, May 18 2020 (IPS) Remittances that support millions of households in Latin America and the Caribbean have plunged as family members lose jobs and income in their host countries, with entire families sliding back into poverty, as a result of the COVID-19 health crisis and global economic recession.
The region will receive a projected 77.5 ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 18, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Humberto Marquez Tags: Development & Aid Economy & Trade Editors' Choice Featured Financial Crisis Headlines Health Human Rights Labour Latin America & the Caribbean Migration & Refugees Poverty & SDGs Regional Categories Coronavirus COVID-19 ECLAC Source Type: news
Voluntary collective isolation is best response to COVID-19 for indigenous populations
(Chapman University) A team of anthropologists, physicians, tribal leaders and local government authorities developed and implemented a multi-phase COVID-19 prevention and containment plan among the Tsimane, an indigenous group in the Bolivian Amazon. The researchers believe that their approach with the Tsimane can be adapted to tribal and aboriginal populations throughout the world to prevent widespread mortality. The study, published in The Lancet, is led by Hillard Kaplan, professor of health economics and anthropology at Chapman University. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 15, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
What is trauma? Qualitatively assessing stakeholder perceptions in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia - Blair KJ, Monroy A, Rook JM, Wood E, Foianini JE, Haider AH, Swaroop M, Boeck MA.
This study aimed to describe perceptions of trauma in Santa Cruz, Bolivia to better inform strategies for trauma system development. In 2015-2016, we conducted... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Humans living in Amazon 10,000 years ago cultivated plants, study finds
Findings from Bolivia show plants were domesticated in region shortly after last ice ageThe Amazon basin was a hotspot for the early cultivation of plants, with inhabitants having munched on squash and cassava more than 10,000 years ago, researchers have revealed.The team say the new findings from Bolivia offer direct evidence such plants were grown in south-west Amazonia, meaning the region has a claim to join the Middle East, China, south-west Mexico and north-west South America as locations where wild plants were domesticated shortly after the last ice age. The team say the discovery chimes with other clues.Continue rea...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 8, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Tags: Bolivia World news Biology Americas Science Plants Amazon rainforest Trees and forests Source Type: news
Latin America Has Weak Defences Against the Pandemic
This article includes reporting by Ivet González in Havana, Mario Osava in Rio de Janeiro, and Orlando Milesi in Santiago.
The post Latin America Has Weak Defences Against the Pandemic appeared first on Inter Press Service. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 4, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Humberto Marquez Tags: Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Headlines Health Human Rights Latin America & the Caribbean Population Regional Categories Coronavirus COVID-19 ECLAC Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) Poverty World Health Organ Source Type: news
Bolivia extends closure of borders, declares health emergency for coronavirus
Bolivia declared a national health emergency and extended its border lockdown on Wednesday, as the government seeks to contain the spread of the coronavirus. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 26, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Bolivia coronavirus patient turned away from hospitals; election rallies suspended
One of three people confirmed to have the coronavirus in Bolivia was turned away from several hospitals, media reports and health officials said late on Wednesday, while candidates campaigning for forthcoming presidential elections suspended rallies to prevent the spread of the virus. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 12, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Cyberaggression in adolescents of Bolivia: connection with psychopathological symptoms, adaptive and predictor variables - Garaigordobil M, Mollo-Torrico JP, Machimbarrena JM, P áez D.
Concern about the increase of cyberbullying underlies this study, which had four objectives: (1) to calculate the prevalence of cyberaggressors; (2) to compare non-cyberaggressors with cyberaggressors in other bullying/cyberbullying roles, in psychopatholo... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 15, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Reflections for a New Year
By Roberto SavioROME, Jan 3 2020 (IPS) In a world shaken by so many problems, it is difficult to look at 2020 and not make some kind of holistic analysis. While enormous progress has been made on many fronts, it is clear that the tide has turned, and we are now entering – or have already entered – a new low point in the history of humankind..
Roberto SavioToday, we face an unprecedented existential threat brought about by the climate crisis. According to scientists, we have until 2030 to stop climate change, after which human conditions will be under several threats. Yet, we have just had a world conference in Madrid ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 3, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Roberto Savio Tags: Climate Change Democracy Economy & Trade Education Environment Featured Financial Crisis Gender Global Headlines Health Human Rights LGBTQ Migration & Refugees Poverty & SDGs Religion TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Here are the 2019 PBJ Photos of the Year
With a docket that included taking pictures of swimmers in the Willamette, townspeople in Bolivia and would-be superheroes who are rising in the Portland business world, my job kept me running throughout the year.
It was a fertile year to be the PBJ's photographer, a truism that hit home as I assembled the above shots for our year-end look at 2019's top photos. Click through on the picture above to see some of the people, the sights and the stories that made this year a great one. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - December 19, 2019 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Cathy Cheney Source Type: news
Here are the 2019 PBJ Photos of the Year
With a docket that included taking pictures of swimmers in the Willamette, townspeople in Bolivia and would-be superheroes who are rising in the Portland business world, my job kept me running throughout the year.
It was a fertile year to be the PBJ's photographer, a truism that hit home as I assembled the above shots for our year-end look at 2019's top photos. Click through on the picture above to see some of the people, the sights and the stories that made this year a great one. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - December 19, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Cathy Cheney Source Type: news
Fires scorching Bolivia's Chiquitano forest
(Source: ScienceNOW)
Source: ScienceNOW - November 27, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Romero-Munoz, A., Jansen, M., Nunez, A. M., Toledo, M., Almonacid, R. V., Kuemmerle, T. Tags: letters Source Type: news
