Reuters reports: Bolivia reports first yellow fever case in a decade Bolivia’s government on Friday said a Danish tourist had tested positive for yellow fever, its first case in a decade, after he visited a jungle area in the far west of the landlocked Andean country. After an initial stay at a Bolivian hospital, National…
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UNDP and Global Fund grant to fight drug-resistant TB in Bolivia with focus on prison populations
UNDP reports: UNDP and Global Fund grant to fight drug-resistant TB in Bolivia with focus on prison populations New York, 8 February – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) announced a new US$11 million grant to fight tuberculosis (TB) in Bolivia. Aiming to strengthen…
No alcohol, no violence: life inside the Bolivian community led by women
Amy Booth reports fro The Guardian: No alcohol, no violence: life inside the Bolivian community led by women The barrio of Maria Auxiliadora slopes up one of the many hills in the dusty mountain bowl surrounding Cochabamba, Bolivia. Visually, there is little to distinguish it from the other barrios of the city’s working-class southern periphery:…
UNODC Provides Bolivia with $20 Million to Tackle Drug Trade
InSight Crime reports: UNODC Provides Bolivia with $20 Million to Tackle Drug Trade Written by Tristan Clavel The UNODC is providing Bolivia’s government with over $20 million in aid to combat organized crime, drug trafficking and corruption, a sign of the international community’s continued support for the Andean nation in the wake of its diplomatic…
Assessing the epidemiological situation of Chagas disease among German citizens of Bolivian origin
Medical Press reports: Assessing the epidemiological situation of Chagas disease among German citizens of Bolivian origin The pathogen: The unicellular protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, surrounded by red blood cells. Source: Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, LMU Medical Center. How does one combat a tropical disease when most of those infected are unaware that they…
Cyclist plunges off 300ft cliff along Bolivia’s Death Road after losing control of her bike… but miraculously SURVIVES after landing on a tiny ledge
Julian Robinson reports for MailOnLine: Cyclist plunges off 300ft cliff along Bolivia’s Death Road after losing control of her bike… but miraculously SURVIVES after landing on a tiny ledge Maria With Hoen had joined an expedition along notorious Death Road in Bolivia The 21-year-old’s push bike hit a rock sending her over the edge of…
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