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...April 2, Adela, who had diabetes, said she felt tired, cold, feverish. She suffered from diarrhea."We thought it was a normal cold," says her husband Jose Luis (who does not want his last name used). "We do not have Social Security or Seguro Popular [public insurance], so we went to a private doctor [on April 5]. She treated [Adela], and we paid her and bought the medicines." The physician said Adela had a throat infection and prescribed amoxicillin and Amboxal. But Adela did not get better. On April 7, she went back to the doctor by herself...
Tapped in 2000 to serve as health minister by Mexico’s newly-elected president, Vicente Fox, Frenk embarked on a campaign to provide care for the 50 million Mexicans who, at the time, were uninsured. His efforts led to the establishment of the “Seguro Popular” initiative, a public fund that paid for a number of health programs...
...President Drew G. Faust said in a letter to the school community. "He has remained closely engaged with the academy, including the HSPH, and has played a vital role at the crossroads of academic research and practice."As health minister in Mexico, Frenk, 54, won plaudits for creating the Seguro Popular program, a national health insurance plan that expanded access to medical care for millions of Mexicans who had been previously uninsured.Despite his popularity, Frenk later ran into resistance when he ordered the distribution of the "morning-after" pill to government health clinics under the direction of the health ministry...
...problemas de salud que afectan con m?s frecuencia a los latinos. Entre los programas se encuentran tres centros autosuficientes enfocados en la diabetes, ubicados dentro de vecindarios de bajos ingresos en Chicago. Cada uno de ?stos atiende a miles de residentes por mes, muchos de ellos indocumentados y sin seguro m?dico. Educada en sociolog?a en la universidad de Chicago y ex trabajadora social, Giachello ha dado prioridad al entrenamiento de investigadores, m?dicos y enfermeras. "Existen elementos culturales en el cuidado de la salud, que a?n los mejores estudiantes no hispanos no entienden", explica. Por ejemplo, dice, muchos cl?nicos ignoran...
...millones (que Richardson asegura sirve a todas las agencias del estado). Pero al mismo tiempo goza del benepl?cito de los conservadores por sus recortes de las tasas de impuestos estatales. Entre sus logros se encuentra el haber convertido a Nuevo M?xico en el primer estado que provee seguro de vida a los miembros del ej?rcito que se encuentran activos, iniciativa que ha sido ampliamente copiada por otros...