(ORIGINALMENTE PUBLICADO POR YSUCA) Kimberly Vásquez would have turned 8 in August, but her body could not support the jugular catheter for dialysis that she kept for 11 months. Renal failure ended her life on March 23, 2020, in the midst of a pandemic. She was diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome at three years of […]
The promoters of CRIPDES SAN VICENTE have informed us about Kimberly, a little girl in Tecoluca who was born less than 40 days ago with kidney problems. She shares the name with her very young aunt, who died of kidney failure during the mandatory lockdown in El Salvador. Karla Rodas wrote an article about that […]
Last Wednesday, November 25th, Nayib Bukele addressed the nation to explain his plan of vaccination for El Salvador. Afterwards, the Presidential House said in a now deleted tweet that the army would be in charge of its application. This year, the army has become a great ally of the presidential house, supporting with “sanitary” fences, […]
DIARIO CO-LATINO reported about the event organized on October 28 by Movimiento por la Salud “Salvador Allende”/ Asociación Latinoamericana de Medicina Social (ALAMES) to commemorate the health personnel who died fighting COVID19 in El Salvador. The Movement for Health “Salvador Allende” / Latin American Association of Social Medicine (ALAMES) rendered a memorial recognition to 142 […]
FACTUM reports: On June 11, 2020, when the official number of COVID cases in El Salvador reached 3,481, the Ministry of Health (MINSAL) made the decision to put documentation on coronavirus tests in the Reserved Information Index. The information regarding the taking, processing and dissemination of results will be classified until June 11, 2022, […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Due to the COVID19 pandemic, meetings with high school scholars in San Vicente had been suspended. Today the group met again keeping their social distance. This space was used for the students to reflect on the challenges they have faced during these months. The promoter Alfredo López divided the participants into […]
The U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities Network (USESSC) is happy to organize a zoom update alongside our friends from the association PROVIDA to provide the latest information on the health situation and challenges in El Salvador. OUR GUEST SPEAKERS Karen Ramírez and Rudecinda Orellana, from PROVIDA. PROVIDA is a humanitarian association that promotes participatory processes […]
(ORIGINAL EN ESPAÑOL AQUÍ) Members of the Union of Doctors of the Social Security Institute (SIMETRISSS) denounced that authorities from the Ministry of Health and the Institute itself are not providing them with Personal Protective Equipment to deal with the pandemic of COVID-19. According to the doctors, if supplies have been delivered, the process […]
Diario El Mundo reports: San Miguel, La Unión and Sensuntepeque (Cabañas) have closed their municipal markets and other businesses installed in the commercial areas of those three departmental capitals. Sonsonate and San Francisco Gotera (Morazan) would be taking new actions in the next few hours. The mayor of Sonsonate, Roberto Aquino, announced on his official […]
On Saturday, June 20, President Nayib Bukele reported the destitution of Jorge “Koky” Aguilar, the president of the Environmental Fund of El Salvador (FONAES). An article published by Cecibel Romero had previously revealed that his company INSEMA had been awarded a $250,000 dollars contract with the Ministry of Health to provide protection masks amid the […]