Guatemalan security forces clash with thousands of migrants heading for US border
Thousands of authorities and migrants clashed, with some migrants fleeing into the nearby mountains as the violence intensified. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 18, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Migrant Caravan, Now in Guatemala, Could Pose Early Test for Biden
As many as 9,000 migrants from Honduras are hoping to reach the United States to escape poverty intensified by hurricanes and the... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 17, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Up to 8,000 US-bound migrants enter Guatemala from Honduras
An estimated 7,000 to 8,000 US-bound migrants have entered Guatemala from Honduras since Friday, a spokesman for Guatemala's official... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 17, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Swimming With My Shirt Off
At 13, I was a guy with breasts, and I needed to get rid of them to survive my upcoming teenage years. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 7, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: J. Martinez-Paz Tags: Surgery and Surgeons Plastic Surgery Teenagers and Adolescence Breasts Homosexuality and Bisexuality Guatemala City (Guatemala) Source Type: news
2020 Was a Year of Climate Extremes. What Can We Expect in 2021?
2020 was a year of extreme weather around the world. Hot and dry conditions drove record-setting wildfires through vast areas of Australia, California and Brazil and Siberia. A record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season landed a double blow of two hugely destructive storms in Central America. Long-running droughts have destroyed agricultural output and helped to push millions into hunger in Zimbabwe and Madagascar. A super-cyclone unleashed massive floods on India and Bangladesh.
And overall, 2020 may end up the hottest year on record—despite a La Niña event, the ocean-atmospheric phenomenon which normally temp...
Source: TIME: Science - December 31, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Ciara Nugent Tags: Uncategorized climate change Londontime Source Type: news
Effects of brief training on mental health provider's knowledge of working with youth at risk of suicide in Guatemala - Alonzo D, Popescu M, Zubaroglu-Ioannides P.
BACKGROUND: Resources for mental healthcare are lacking in Guatemala, yet rates of mental illness and suicide are quite high. Mental healthcare providers often lack the knowledge needed to effectively work with young at-risk of suicide. To address this ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 30, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Examining risk factors of intimate partner violence victimization in Central America: a snapshot of Guatemala and Honduras - Meeker KA, Hayes BE, Randa R, Saunders J.
The current study examines country-specific risk factors of intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization among Guatemalan and Honduran women. More specifically, we examine if (in)equality between partners, experience of controlling or emotionally abusive ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 23, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
3 Ways Health Workers in Central America Are Delivering HIV Care during a Pandemic
By Claudia Guzm án
A client received HIV medication at their home in Guatemala in August, 2017. Photo by Anna Watts for IntraHealth International.December 14, 2020In Central America, the COVID-19 pandemic has created new barriers for people living with HIV to adhere to their antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimen. People living with HIV face lack of transportation, reduced clinic hours and sites, and fear of going to clinics—all of which make it harder for them to continue taking their medication.So health workers from Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama are using some new...
Source: IntraHealth International - December 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: HIV & AIDS Health Workers Source Type: news
Over 700 gang members in Central America arrested in U.S.-assisted actions
El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras bring criminal charges in
U.S.-led action targeting transnational organized crime (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 1, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
In Central America, Health Workers Keep HIV Services Available despite Dual Disasters
By Claudia Guzm án
Photo by Trevor Snapp in El Salvador for IntraHealth International.December 01, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic has created plenty of barriers for people living with HIV who need to continue their care and treatment. But when hurricanes Eta and Iota hit Central America in November, the barriers multiplied.Pounding Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama, and Guatemala for days, these two hurricanes brought heavy rains that led to flooding and landslides that devastated communities and affected millions.In the face of these dual crises, health workers in Central America demonstrated strong leadership and ...
Source: IntraHealth International - December 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: HIV & AIDS COVID-19 Digital Health World AIDS Day Source Type: news
‘We are fed up’: Guatemalans continue anti-government protests
Guatemala’s Congress annulled a contentious budget this week, but protesters are still calling for president to resign. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 29, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘We Can Begin To Heal the Wounds.’ Inside the Efforts to Provide Mental Health Care to Families Separated at the U.S. Border
When Mari and her teenage son, Jesus, were confronted by Border Patrol agents, they did not know they had already crossed the border from Mexico to the U.S. and were now on American soil. To this day, Mari—an asylum seeker from Guatemala—says she doesn’t know where they entered the U.S., only that the agents arrested them and drove them to a facility where dozens of other women were crying. It wasn’t until the agents took Jesus away from her that Mari understood why they were crying.
“Do you know that you are committing a crime?” Mari says an agent who worked at the facility asked her. &...
Source: TIME: Health - November 25, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jasmine Aguilera Tags: Uncategorized feature Immigration Source Type: news
Protesters burn part of Guatemala's Congress building
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Hundreds of protesters broke into Guatemala's Congress and burned part of the building Saturday amid growing... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 22, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Guatemala: Congress on fire after protesters storm building
The building went up in flames after demonstrators - who oppose the new budget - staged an attack. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 21, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Wet bulb globe temperature and recorded occupational injury rates among sugarcane harvesters in Southwest Guatemala - Dally M, Butler-Dawson J, Sorensen CJ, Van Dyke M, James KA, Krisher L, Jaramillo D, Newman LS.
As global temperatures continue to rise it is imperative to understand the adverse effects this will pose to workers laboring outdoors. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between increases in wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) and... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 14, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
