Lima, Peru | Saturday, March 20, 2010 02:37 | | |
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Peruvian Maca (Lepidium meyenii Walp), one of the most famous Andean tubers due to its revitalizing properties, could also improve learning and memory, according to a study conducted by the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.
Peru's Health Minister, Oscar Ugarte, said that the first shipment of AH1N1 flu vaccines will arrive during the next few days.
Hospitals and members of the brigade of the Ministry of Health, will be prepared to handle any possible emergencies that may occur during and after Christmas and New Year celebrations, informed Juan Velasco, chief of the Health Management of Lima.
The announcement of the upcoming construction of the new headquarters of the National Institute of Children's Health, INSN, is creating a controversy among the residents of San Borja district and the Health's Ministry (MINSA).
The director of the Education Management Unit (UGEL) No. 6, Carmen Najarro, said today that 24 students from Roosevelt school got infected with AH1N1 influenza during a trip to Punta Cana, but they will soon return to school once an official certification of their current condition is issued.
Fourteen students (possibly 15) from the Franklin Roosevelt High School in Lima have been diagnosed with AH1N1 influenza, after their prom trip to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.
Peru's Health Minister Oscar Ugarte said that due to some delays in laboratory production process, the vaccines against influenza AH1N1 will arrive in Peru by January 2010.
Hepatitis B not only the only threat to the Candoshi-Shapra indigenous people in Datem, Maranon; reports state that AH1N1 influenza is present in the region, too.
With the aim of promoting the beneficial effects of music in psychoprofilaxis and early stimulation, as well as promoting accompanied childbirth, the National Institute Maternal Perinatal (former Lima's Maternity Hospital; INMP by its Spanish initials) organized the "First Concert of Pregnant Women 2009."
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