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19 Jul 2006 |
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Daily Edition: San José, Costa Rica, July 19, 2006
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| BREEDING Grounds: In an effort to combat dengue, the Public Health Ministry has asked citizens to dispose of items that collect water, like this tire, that can become mosquito breeding grounds. So far this year, there have been 52% fewer cases of the disease reported than during the same period last year, according to the ministry. |
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Dengue Cases Down 52%
Compared to Last Year
With the rainy, mosquito-breeding season under way, dengue -- a mosquito-borne illness Costa Rica suffered an outbreak of last year (TT, Aug. 26, 2005) – is on health authorities' and Costa Ricans' minds.
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Dog Attack Case Presented
Before Human Rights Commission
The Nicaraguan government yesterday asked the Inter-American Human Rights Commission to accept complaints against Costa Rica of xenophobia and discrimination in connection with the death of a Nicaraguan citizen in Costa Rica.
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July 19
Book Presentation
Rodrigo Carazo Odio and Eugenio Rodríguez Vega present (in Spanish) the book "La Guerra No Declarada" by Juan José Echeverría, 7 p.m., Mexico Institute, San José. Info: 280-5478 or careche@amnet.co.cr
Son Sax in Concert
Jazzy sounds, 10 p.m., Jazz Café, San Pedro, east of San José. Info: 253-8933.
Edited By Amanda Roberson
Tico Times Staff
aroberson@ticotimes.net
Dengue Cases Down 52%
Compared to Last Year
By Amanda Roberson
Tico Times Staff
aroberson@ticotimes.net
With the rainy, mosquito-breeding season under way, dengue -- a mosquito-borne illness Costa Rica suffered an outbreak of last year (TT, Aug. 26, 2005) – is on health authorities' and Costa Ricans' minds.
So far this year, there have been 52% fewer cases of dengue reported than during the same period in 2005, according to Teresita Solano, Public Health Ministry Director of Epidemic Vigilance.
This decrease can be attributed to a reduction in the number of “Aedes Aegypti” mosquitoes, which is partly a result of citizens taking action to eliminate spaces where mosquitoes breed, Solano said.
“The fewer mosquitos there are, the fewer cases of dengue. The population has responded, and we've seen a decrease, but it's still not sufficient,” Solano said, adding that more citizens should listen to the ministry's warnings to get rid of standing water, where mosquitoes lay eggs, near their homes.
Between January and June of this year, there were 4,595 cases of dengue registered, 52% less than the 9,590 cases registered during the same period last year, according to the wire service ACAN-EFE. About 20,000 cases of dengue were reported in Costa Rica last year.
Those who have had dengue once are at risk for contracting it again in its potentially fatal, hemorrhagic form, and should be extra cautious, Solano said, adding that the rainiest part of the year is still to come. One person died of hemorrhagic dengue last year (TT, Aug. 26, 2005).
Dog Attack Case Presented
Before Human Rights Commission
The Nicaraguan government yesterday asked the Inter-American Human Rights Commission to accept complaints against Costa Rica of xenophobia and discrimination in connection with the death of a Nicaraguan citizen in Costa Rica.
Juan Antonio Tijerino, who represented Nicaragua before the commission, told journalists his government's goal is “for the commission to carry out the necessary steps to file a complaint against Costa Rica before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.”
Nicaragua presented the case of Navidad Canda, who died after being attacked by a guard dogs at a warehouse in Costa Rica, before the commission on Nov. 10, 2005.
According to Tijerino, Canda, who was accused of entering the warehouse to rob it, “was attacked before the eyes of eight police officers, firefighters and owners of the warehouse,” who did nothing to stop the dogs from killing him.
Last December, Nicaragua also presented the commission with the case of José Ariel Urbina, who was lynched by a group of Costa Ricans.
Meanwhile, the Costa Rican Foreign Ministry yesterday asked the commission to declare the complaints “inadmissible” because the two countries have not exhausted options for resolving them.
The Costa Rican delegation was led by Goiconda Ubeda, who asked the commission to shelve the complaint.
“The Costa Rican state has not violated any international norms,” he said.
-ACAN-EFE
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