Francesca Gillett reports for Evening Standard: British pensioner Rod Keates burnt alive in Bolivia after falling into boiling mud near geyser A British pensioner has died on holiday in Bolivia after he fell into boiling hot liquid mud and was burnt alive. The 71-year-old retired magistrate was photographing geysers in the south American country when…
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PAHO recommends Bolivian women delay pregnancy to avoid Zika
Xinhua net reports [pics found in the internet]: PAHO recommends Bolivian women delay pregnancy to avoid Zika LA PAZ, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) — Women in regions of Bolivia affected by Zika virus should delay pregnancies to avoid microcephaly cases in newborns, recommended the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Wednesday. Fernando Leanes, PAHO representative in…
Bolivia: MSF develops an information system for exterminating the bugs that transmit Chagas
Medecins Sans Fromtieres (MSF) report: Bolivia: MSF develops an information system for exterminating the bugs that transmit Chagas From this year, MSF is launching the central information system called eMOCHA in three municipalities within Narciso Campero Province in Bolivia. This system is a technological breakthrough that enables people to report the location of triatomine bugs or…
Bolivia reports first 3 Zika-linked microcephaly cases
AFP reports in AU News: Bolivia reports first 3 Zika-linked microcephaly cases La Paz (AFP) – Bolivia has detected its first three cases of microcephaly caused by the Zika virus, local media reported Wednesday, citing health authorities. Two babies were born with the birth defect in September and a third in October, said the director…
University students in Bolivia create chip that helps detect tuberculosis
Latino Fox News reports: University students in Bolivia create chip that helps detect tuberculosis LA PAZ, BOLIVIA – Two Bolivian university students have created a chip for microscopes that automatically detects tuberculosis in sputum samples, a procedure that in Bolivia and other developing countries is normally done with not always accurate bacilloscopy. Rodrigo Loza, 22,…
Bolivia thanks Joliet Diocesan missions!
The Herald News reports: Joliet Diocesan missions to the Sucre, Bolivia – Are you being called? CREST HILL – The Office for Human Dignity – Partnership for Mission of the Diocese of Joliet (Illinois) announces the formation of medical, construction, and outreach teams to serve in Sucre, Bolivia. This mission will leave on April 22…
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