Miguatemala Health Blog

On April 7 is celebrated worldwide as the International Day of Health. Among the most current the theme of Health Environmental Health featured the call, the related environment. That’s no new: our grandparents taught us that a healthy and hygienic environment is a guarantee of good health. Also, tell us: “the sunlight does not enter the doctor.”

For Bolivia, the issue of Environmental Health is of paramount importance: on one hand much of the population lives in an extreme environment. This is true both for the suffering people of Plateau the brunt of the height, lack of oxygen and extreme levels of ultraviolet radiation over throughout the year.

But it is also true for the rural populations of the plains, which suffer high temperatures, lack of potable water and are constantly haunted by tropical diseases. The recurrent epidemics of influenza or dengue should help us consider the importance of a healthy environment to prevent diseases that can be fatal.

So wonder that in Bolivia there is no Environmental Health Directorate in the Ministry of Health and Sports, as have most countries in the region even with minor problems environmental Bolivia. Also noteworthy that in the forthcoming “World Conference Peoples on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth “has not been provided a table on

Climate and Health, being that the impacts of climate change on health are of primary importance. According to the plan, the ultraviolet radiation campaign in Bolivia continues in April trying to sensitize the most vulnerable population about the consequences of excessive exposure to sunlight, without neglecting the health benefits they receive from an exhibition moderate sun.
The UV index values in April are still in decline, but remaining at levels ends. In fact, although the “alert” Summer has been lifted (see Bulletin # 4 March) follows the “warning year, “which requires precautions to keep the sun throughout the year as the theme for the Bolivian campaign: “The sun deserves respect, keep your hat.”

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