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Indicators of Poor Public Health Connected to Climate Change

Posted: Nate on Apr 08 | Health

The Government of Bolivia made known yesterday that the country again finds itself ranked among those countries “with the worst health indicators of the world,” a worrying situation which will drive improvements in the health sector on a national scale.  In agreement with World Health Day, vice-minister of the Bolivian branch Nila Heredia, announced to the state Bolivian Information Agency that the Executive branch is preparing a legislative project to create a universal health security, with which the government with improve services in all of the country.  Vice-minister Heredia continued saying that all Bolivians have “the same rights to equal and free access [to healthcare].”  The vice-minister also said that health depends not only on the number of clinics in the country, but also “on the state of poverty and on the impossibility of clean water and food” which can lead to diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria.

Heredia also emphasized that there are illnesses which have been eliminated or controlled, such as yellow fever, measles, and polio.  Heredia also said that the Ministry of Health will implement policies aimed at curbing diseases influenced by climate change, such a dengue fever.  “We´re worried about the impact on health, and for that reason there will be a table at the World Conference in Cochabamba called Climactic Impact on the People´s Health” said Heredia.  Bolivia has been hit with stronger than normal epidemics of dengue fever in recent years, a change that many point to changing climactic factors.

For more in Spanish see:

http://www.laprensa.com.bo/noticias/08-04-10/noticias.php?nota=08_04_10_socd1.php

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