The Social Security Department has announced a new call for the purchase of 60 types of drugs for $6.6 million which will be held on July 15.
From a statement issued by the Social Security Department of Panama (CSS):
CSS ensures supply of medicines
The Social Security Department (CSS) explained that, contrary to what is stated in a newspaper from the city, the purchase of supplies for the treatment of HIV and cancer was never suspended, what was suspended was one specific purchase, out of the many carried out in order to keep the institution supplied with these drugs The CSS will fulfill its responsibility to provide medicines to patients who require them through decentralized procurement as has been done up to now.
In Guatemala investment is between 16% and 17% of gross domestic product, in Southeast Asia, the figure is between 25% and 35%.
Elperiodico.com.gt reports that a group of experts met last week in this country to discuss how to foster Guatemala’s growth. The analysis of the issue carried out by a member of The Growth Dialogue think tank can be extrapolated to most Central American countries.
Role model: In the Brazilian state of Pernambuco the "Pact for Life" has, in five years, lowered the homicide rate by 42%.
In 2007 Pernambuco had the tragic privilege of being at the top of the list for crime among the Brazil’s states. Due to the ‘Pact for Life’, a safety plan established by Governor Eduardo Henrique Campos at the beginning of his term in that year, the murder rate (59 violent deaths per 100,000 people) fell by 42%.
A meeting between the Central America Integration Secretary (SICA) and the Republic of Korea concluded with important agreements in regional cooperation, economy and security.
The Central American nations expressed their concern for the serious crime situation experienced in the region, and invited Korea to support the International Conference for Central America’s Security Strategy, planned for next year.