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356: 382:) is the fifth-leading cause of death in the working-age population. According to Colombia's National Health Institute data reported in 2003, nearly 240,000 people—mostly women and young people—or 0.6 percent of the population had been infected with the virus since AIDS arrived in Colombia in October 1983. Estimates of the number of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), adults and children (0–49 years of age), in 2005 ranged from 160,000 to 310,000. The comparable figure for women (15–49 years of age) was 62,000. The number of AIDS and 228: 60:
In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves only 91.7% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income. Colombia falls into the "fair" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling 93.9% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available. The country is in 11th position among 200 countries when measuring the effectiveness of its health system.
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cause of premature death, followed by strokes, respiratory diseases, road accidents, and diabetes. Waterborne diseases such as cerebral malaria and leishmaniasis are prevalent in lowland and coastal areas. Child immunization for measles in 2004 as a percentage of children under 12 months of age was 92 percent.
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Most of the social subsidies and public health programs are focused in strata 1 and 2 (and the newly introduced stratum 0 ). The fraudulent expedition of low level SISBEN ID cards is currently one of the major problems in the healthcare system. Regional politicians are often accused of providing them
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cases has been rising. In 2005, the estimated HIV adult prevalence rate (15–49 years of age) was 0.6 percent. As of 2006, between 5,200 and 12,000 people had died from AIDS. Services provided by the new Multisectoral National Plan, launched in July 2004, include integrated care for people living with
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In 2002 Colombia had 58,761 physicians, 23,950 nurses, and 33,951 dentists; these numbers equated to 1.35 physicians, 0.55 nurses, and 0.78 dentists per 1,000 people, respectively. In 2005 Colombia was reported to have only 1.1 physicians per 1,000 people, as compared with a Latin American average of
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Urban and rural residents experienced significant differences in access to health care. The coverage in the three largest cities—Bogotá, Medellín, and Cali—was almost 95 percent. At the rural level, the best services were delivered by the departments in the coffee-growing areas. At the bottom of the
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Health standards in Colombia have improved greatly since the 1980s. A 1993 reform transformed the structure of public health care funding by shifting the burden of subsidy from providers to users. As a result, employees have been obligated to pay into health plans to which employers also contribute.
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The Human Rights Measurement Initiative finds that Colombia is fulfilling 94.0% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income. When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Colombia achieves 96.3% of what is expected based on its current income.
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The national constitution was reformed in 1991 and with this purpose the general system of social security was reformed with the implementation of Law 100, which widely extended health coverage to the population; the economic resources to finance this reform, however, were insufficient, causing the
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The System for the Selection of Beneficiaries for Social Programs (El Sistema de Seleccion de Beneficiarios para Programas Sociales), the national system of identification of beneficiaries for social subsidy, classifies the people according to the residential properties that should receive public
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General government spending on health accounted for 20.5% of total government expenditures and for 84.1% of total health expenditures (private expenditures made up the balance) in 2003. Total expenditures on health constituted 5.6 percent of domestic product in 2005. The per capita expenditure on
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Since 2001–2 Colombia has halved its homicide rate, which was more than 60 per 100,000 inhabitants, or 28,837, in 2002, one of the world's highest homicide rates. In 2006, a total of 17,206 violent deaths were recorded, the lowest figure since 1987. Other than homicide, heart disease is the main
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In 1636, Rodrigo Enriquez de Andrade started the first faculty of medicine in the New Granada, at St Bartholomew's College with little success because of the prejudices against the medical career in the Spanish culture, where it was considered vulgar and proper of lower-class people. Most of the
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The National Health Superintendent (Superintendencia de Salud) defines which organizations may qualify as EPS according to a number or requirements, including infrastructure, capital, number of users, functionality and covering. The function of the EPS is to sell health service packages to the
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in exchange for votes to people that are not genuinely in need. Wrong identification of beneficiaries and political issues present a challenge to the system which is preventing people in need from receiving the subsidies and benefits designed for them.
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HIV and provision of antiretroviral drugs. Under the plan, about 12,000 people have been receiving combined antiretroviral therapy (approximately 54% of those requiring it).
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Most EPS providers also offer "Medicina Prepagada" that offers the highest level of medical attention and priority service to the patient at much higher costs.
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scale—in terms of quality and coverage—were the rural areas in the non-Andean regions as well as the marginal neighborhoods in medium-sized and small cities.
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This new system has widened population coverage by the social and health security system from 21% (pre-1993) to 56% in 2004, 66% in 2005 and 97% in 2023.
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refers to the prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the
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The general principles of the law determine that healthcare is a public service that must be granted under conditions of proficiency, universality,
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While no single city or state stands out as being a centralized hub for hospitals, 80% of establishments are found within 16 (of 39 states).
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collapse of many public health institutions and affecting the income of the medical staff. The law 100 of 1993 is divided into four books:
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be compulsory, that health providers must have administrative autonomy, and that health users must have free choice of health providers.
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severely affect the population, especially children under five years of age, with moderate to severe rates of malnutrition of 21% and
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medical practice in the country was provided by people without formal education. The first medical book written in Colombia was "
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became the first woman to become a Doctor of Medicine from a Colombian institution, the Russian-American graduated from the
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Some EPS providers offer a "Plan Complementario" that offers more expanded coverage and priority service to the patient.
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became the first Colombian woman to become a Doctor of Medicine from a Colombian institution having graduated from the
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and ambulance services. Private healthcare establishments account for 57% of all establishments within the country.
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services. All mayors should do the stratification of residential properties of their municipality or district.
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MAPIPOS: Manual de Procedimientos y Actividades del POS. (POS-related procedures and activities handbook)
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In 1514, a swine plague killed a majority of the thousand inhabitants of Darién in modern-day
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in Colombia was opened at the same time, in the main square of Bogotá by Pedro Lopez Buiza.
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Fondo SYGA or FOSYGA: Fondo de Solidaridad y Garantía. (Fund of Solidarity and guarantees)
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EPS-S: Entidades Promotoras de Salud Subsidiadas. (Subsidized Health promoting entities).
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in 1964 in Bogotá. On January 10, 1985, Dr. Elkin Lucena performed the first successful
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IPS: Instituciones Prestadoras de Servicios de Salud. (Health providing institutions)
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Carolina Mendez. On December 14, 1985, the Dr. Alberto Villegas performed the first
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and treatment centre was declared as a Project of National Strategic Interest.
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public, and contract such services with the healthcare-providing institution.
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The first graduated medical doctor, Alvaro de Aunón came to New Granada from
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CCF: Cajas de Compensación Familiar. (Family welfare financial institutions)
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among the top 44 in Latin America, amounting to 48 percent of the total. A
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since women could not attend university in Colombia at the time. In 1925,
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by his technical and scientific research in the development of synthetic
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are important issues in Colombia because they are major causes of death.
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The incorporation of private health providers into the healthcare market
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As of 2016, Colombia vaccinated against 26 diseases and participated in
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Treatise on Medice and Models for Curing in These Parts of the Indies
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ESS: Empresas Solidarias de Salud. (Health solidarity organizations)
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In 1740, don Vicente Tomás Cansino started the medical program at
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ESE: Empresas Sociales del Estado. (Statal social organizations)
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Adresfosyga.com.co Information about EPS and Health in Colombia
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CONGRESO DE COLOMBIA. Ley 142 de 1994 (julio 11), artículo 102.
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SOAT: Seguro Obligatorio de Accidentes de Tránsito (Compulsory
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INS: Instituto Nacional de Salud (National Institute of Health)
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EPS: Entidades Promotoras de Salud. (Health promoting entities)
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Tratado de medicina y modelo de curar en estas partes de Indias
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The reform of the Colombian healthcare had three main goals:
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health care in 2005 at an average exchange rate was US$ 150.
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POS: Plan Obligatorio de Salud. (Compulsory plan of health)
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at the mental health unit of the Federico Lleras Acosta in
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with 66% of the cases, except on the Pacific coast, where
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affects nearly 85% of the national territory, mainly the
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and participation. Article 153 of the law mandates that
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potential, high mortality rate and wide distribution of
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are major public health concerns, because of their high
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in the Orinochian and Amazonian regions of Colombia.
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psychiatry
ECT therapy
Ibagué
medical
nursing
allied health
Republic of Colombia
Tropical diseases
Malaria
Pacific Ocean
Amazon jungle
savannas
mortality rate
Plasmodium vivax
Plasmodium falciparum
Yellow fever
dengue fever
epidemic
Aedes aegypti
vaccination

Bothrops atrox
snakebites
Chagas disease
endemic
Santander Department
leishmaniasis
rabies
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus

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