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News Colombia » Health: Venezuelan women continue to have secret abortions as Colombia threatens to close its borders to them

News channel or source: https://english.elpais.com/health/2026-10-17/venezuelan-women-continue-to-have-secret-abortions-as-colombia-threatens-to-close-its-borders-to-them.html
Published on: Friday 16 October 2026

Following Maduro’s capture, Venezuela is rapidly reforming its laws. But reproductive health is not a priority. At the same time, the option of crossing into Colombia is becoming increasingly difficul ...

News Colombia » Health: Conference Takeaways from Colombia: Health Care Challenges Don’t Seem Foreign

News channel or source: https://deloitte.wsj.com/cfo/conference-takeaways-from-colombia-health-care-challenges-dont-seem-foreign-1540934624
Published on: Tuesday 30 October 2018

Key challenges in Colombia are familiar — meeting patient expectations, keeping spending sustainable, and raising the overall standard of care at hospitals. I was recently invited to present at the ...

News Colombia » Health: Colombia's president pushes for health and labor changes as he opens new session of congress

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/colombias-president-pushes-health-labor-005924820.html
Published on: Saturday 20 July 2024

Colombian President Gustavo Petro delivers a speech next to outgoing Senate President Ivan Name, during the opening session of a new congressional year, in Bogota, Colombia, Saturday, July 20, 2024.

News Colombia » Health: Colombia is selected to host the World Health Organization's Fifth Global School on Health and Migration

News channel or source: https://www.paho.org/en/news/5-4-2024-colombia-selected-host-world-health-organizations-fifth-global-school-health-and
Published on: Thursday 04 April 2024

Bogota, April 5th, 2024. "This bridge has witnessed the passage of millions of migrants and refugees", said Dr. Santino Severoni, Director of the Department of Health and Migration at the World Health ...

News Colombia » Health: Insurance company Sura withdraws from Colombia's health system as government pushes for control

News channel or source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/insurance-company-sura-withdraws-colombias-234942267.html
Published on: Tuesday 28 May 2024

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian insurance company Sura announced on Tuesday that it will withdraw from the nation’s health system because the resources it receives from Colombia’s government to ...

News Colombia » Health: Colombia proposed health reform could push costs up by $234 million next year

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombia-proposed-health-reform-could-push-costs-up-by-234-million-next-year-2023-11-29/
Published on: Wednesday 29 November 2023

BOGOTA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Colombia's health sector could see costs grow by 929 billion pesos ($234.7 million) in 2024 if the government's proposed health reform is approved by Congress, the finance ...

News Colombia » Health: Mental health support for those affected by Colombia's violent past

News channel or source: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02-mental-health-affected-colombia-violent.html
Published on: Tuesday 04 February 2025

Researchers from the University of Liverpool and the University of Antioquia, Colombia, have piloted a pioneering intervention for communities who have lived through the devastating impacts of a war ...