Lack of competition fuels high drug prices in Costa Rica
Email this page December 5th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) Little or no competition in the local private pharmaceutical sector, the result of a highly concentrated industry, results in Costa Rica being one of the most expensive countries in Central America to buy medications. In Costa Rica, there can be huge differences in the price of a […]
Noni: Costa Rica’s amazing healing fruit
Email this page December 3rd, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) Noni (morinda citrifolia) is the fruit of a tropical plant originating from India, which belongs to the Rubiaceae, a family of flowering plants, sometimes called the “coffee family”, or “bedstraw family.” The plant can reach up to 6 meters in height, and can live for up to […]
World AIDS Day: A generation with zero new infections
Email this page GENEVA – December 1st, 2012 (InfoSurHoy.com) The World Health Organization’s (WHO) theme for World Aids Day 2012, which will be celebrated Dec. 1, is “Getting to Zero: Zero new HIV infections. Zero deaths from AIDS-related illness. Zero discrimination.” In 2011, 2.5 million people were newly infected with HIV. An estimated 1.7 million people […]
Costa Rican authorities warn of danger of bath salts, “incense” used as drugs
Email this page November 30th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) Incenses labeled with names like “Purple Haze” or “K2” and bath salts with names such as “Vanilla Sky” or “Ivory Wave” can cause serious health problems. Their effect is much stronger than marijuana, according to an announcement made by the Costa Rican Social Security System (CCSS). The […]
Health Ministry reports outbreak of Dengue in Pavas, Santa Ana and Alajuelita
Email this page November 22nd, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) Pavas, Santa Ana and Alajuelita, in the Central Valley, have seen an increase in the number of dengue cases, according to the Health Ministry. The director of Surveillance at the Ministry of Health, Maria Ethel Trejos, said she also was concerned about the amount of cases in San […]
Medical tourism continues to grow in Costa Rica
Email this page November 19th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) Seven out of 10 private clinics in San Jose provided services to medical tourists last year, and in Guanacaste, 4 out of 10 clinics attended such clients. San Jose registered 1,223 businesses connected with the medical tourism industry, with an average of 38 procedures annually per center. […]
Authorities warn of surge in Dengue infection in Guanacaste
Email this page November 15th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) The emergence of 200 cases of dengue fever in the past three weeks in Guanacaste has the Ministry of Health asking residents to be on alert, especially in the areas of Liberia, Santa Cruz, Abangares, Nicoya and Carillo, where most of the infections have occurred. Mary Ethel Trejos, […]
Costa Rican doctors calling for pneumonia vaccination after 425 deaths in 2011
Email this page November 13th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) Pneumonia caused 425 deaths in Costa Rica in 2011. As a result, doctors are asking the population to receive a preventive vaccine to avoid catching the illness that continues to take lives, especially senior citizens and children under 5 years of age. Smokers, asthma patients, people with […]
