| Vol.18 No. 601 | Published
Friday, June 1,
2018 / First
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| 'Stop bullying! Do not wait until it's too late,' says new campaign | |
 By AM Costa Rica staff
The Ministry
of Public Education and the Board of
Psychologists launched a new campaign calling
on citizens to stop and prevent bullying in
Costa Rica.
The campaign consists of demystifying 16 statements related to bullying, through preventive messages that will be highlighted in the media, social networks and on the website of the Board of Psychologists, the ministry said. The messages will be replicated in the networks of the ministry and in social media. According to the ministry's director of student life, Kattia Grosser, the aim of the psychologists is to draw attention to this issue and put it in the limelight, so that public opinion recognizes the need to create a safe space in educational centers. "We insist in the MEP that educational centers are spaces for the protection of our childhood and teenagers and, therefore, that everything that contributes to foster a culture of peace and a commitment to the exercise of non-violence on behalf of our boys and girls is a valuable support, "said Grosser, using the Spanish acronym for the ministry. The president of the psychologists board, Waynner Guillén, said his organization is contributing to generate a culture of peace. "We know that the MEP has been making great efforts, and we join that same call to inform about bullying. We make the call first to our members, then to teachers in general, to parents and caregivers, and of course, to the public so that we act jointly and responsibly,"said Guillén. As part of the actions undertaken by the ministry for the prevention of violence is the application of protocols created for bullying situations. |
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The new campaign will run
above all in social media.
These protocols establish the guidelines to follow in a simple way in support of students, staff of education centers and community, the ministry said. This year the ministry said it will launch a protocol to counter homophobic bullying. According to the data of the ministry's Department of Statistical Analysis, from 2014 to 2016 the cases of violence presented in schools decreased, going from 48,457 cases in 2014 to 41,370 in 2016. |
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| UCR
leads
international research on mental health
disorders |
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By A.M. Costa Rica staff
Scientists from the University of Costa Rica working on mental health are part of a research network created for the study of mental disorders. The network also includes scientists in Scotland, Nepal and Malawi. The network is funded by the Medical Research Council, a state institution of Great Britain that supports science and provides research grants around the world. University of Costa Rica participates in this project through the Genetic Neuropsychiatry Group of the Center for Research in Cellular and Molecular Biology. The organizations have worked for years in the genetic factors that influence mental illness in Costa Rica. Henriette Raventós Vorst of the center said that during this year there will be meetings between researchers from universities, representatives of institutions and non-governmental organizations of the three countries who work in the creation of public policies to take care of mental health. The first meeting in Costa Rica was held at the the university with the participation of two researchers from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. In addition, representatives of the Ministry of Health, the Calderón Guardia and Psychiatric hospitals and the non-profit group Fundamentals were also present. In October, there will be a second meeting in Costa Rica with national researchers who study various aspects of mental health in order to discuss and share what the needs in this area are. |
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The international research will focus on genetic
factorsof mental diseases. The center is interested in studying the protection factors of Costa Rican families who are at high risk of suffering from mental disorders. Why do some people get sick and others not, despite having genetic risk factors? That is one of the questions, the center said it seeks to answer. Genetic factors are already identified, but scientists consider that environmental and psycho-social aspects should be analyzed, such as stress, trauma and other adverse events such as unemployment, poverty and migration. |
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| Santo Domingo de Heredia works to speed up traffic | |
By A.M. Costa Rica
staff
President Carlos Alvarado and the Minister of Public Works and Transport, Rodolfo Méndez, inspected the works being carried out along with the National Road Council in Santo Domingo de Heredia Thursday, as part of the 28 road efforts to better the traffic flow in the greater metropolitan area. Méndez said work started Monday near the intersection of Inbio Parque in Santo Domingo de Heredia. In addition, the Compañía Nacional de Fuerza y Luz, one of the state-owned power suppliers, has begun the relocation of the 11 public lighting posts on the road. A third provisional lane was created to allow the work to continue without affecting the normal operation of the two-lane road. Méndez added there are three jobs that will take place in National Route 5 and are scheduled to be completed in November, according to the planned work program. The first of the three has been started by the Road Council in the Neón Nieto sector and consists of the rehabilitation of the sewage system and creation of a third lane on the road. These works will finish at the end of June. The Public Works Division began a second job began Monday with the cleaning and shaping of a third lane in the section between a local cemetery and Imbio Park. The work include excavation for the placement of necessary pipes for the channeling of rainwater. |
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The intervention in 28 strategic points of the city roads
seeks to fight the problem of traffic jams, locally known
as presas.
Taking advantage of this national government work, the Municipality of Santo Domingo has scheduled the rebuilding of the potable water pipeline. |
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| Expo Leche 2018 celebrates the World Milk
Day |
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By A.M. Costa Rica staff Tastings, the sale of dairy products, talks for children and livestock exhibition will be part of the celebration of the World Day Milk 2018 taking place of Campo Ayala in Paraíso de Cartago. The opening will be held today at 10 a.m and will continue throughout the weekend with an exhibition of livestock of the Holstein, Jersey, Brown Swiss, Simmental, Simmbra and Gyr races. In addition, there will be goats and sheep. "The World Milk Day is a celebration started in 2001 by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization in order to raise awareness about the nutritional contributions of milk as well as the dairy products, so we dedicate this celebration to promote 100 percent Costa Rican production and consumption," said Álvaro Coto, president of the National Chamber of Milk Producers. Data from the National Animal Health Service say that 132 industrial plants are used in the country for the production of dairy products and there are 1,024 small-scale operations. These farms are distributed throughout the country and are in the hands of small and medium-sized producers. The activities are free, and parking will cost ¢2,000. |
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Goats will also be part of the
celebration.
Also, the
Dietary Guidelines for Costa Rica of the
Ministry of Health recommend consuming milk,
yogurt or cheese every day because they are the
best source of calcium necessary to strengthen
bones and teeth, especially because the milk for
human consumption that is produced in Costa Rica
should be fortified with iron, vitamin A and
folic acid in a homogeneous manner as determined
by governmental decree, organizers noted.
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| Expat
suggests holistic medical approach |
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Dear A.M. Costa Rica readers:
Open letter to president Carlos Alvarado. The Costa Rica government spends millions of dollars on health care. Patients suffer due to limited knowledge of doctors trained in allopathic medicine while medical schools curricula teach about drugs for symptom relief, surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Almost nothing about disease prevention and nothing about holistic prevention, diagnosis and treatment taught. Most patients leave the hospital or doctor's office with a prescription for synthetic drugs. Some patients are referred for lab work, examinations or to another doctor. The causes of diseases such as diabetes, cancer and others do not get a full investigation and are seriously neglected. Allopathic training is very limited. The patient develops drug dependence and the pharmaceutical companies increase their sales and the patient may develop side effects from the drugs. The disease continues and the cycle goes on as the medical schools continue to be dominated by drug companies. There is a better way to function and it needs to be discussed and evaluated as soon as possible. Here are some of the points to be considered. 1- A holistic understanding of disease prevention which includes nutrition and exercise, mental and emotional conditions, such stress, frustration and automatic reactions, etc., need to be investigated as well as a patient's lifestyle this concept needs to be taught and practiced. 2- A holistic team diagnosis which is formed by the interchange with other types of healthcare professions such as traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, functional medicine, reiki, chiropractic, etc. needs to be developed. This interchange is almost never done a single point of view limits a full diagnostic understanding of the disease. |
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3- When diagnosis is limited, treatment becomes limited, in most cases treatment is drugs, surgery, radiation or chemotherapy. Diabetes and cancer treatments are not the best they are not up to date with existing proven knowledge. I suggest a holistic team for prevention, diagnosis and treatment help Costa Rica become a leading model for healthcare and save money and patient suffering by investigating the advantages of such a new model. I will be happy to help develop this model and I am a permanent resident of Costa Rica. Walter Urban Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica Note: The views or opinions expressed by the author, are the sole and exclusive responsibility of the sender and do not necessarily represent the opinion of A.M. Costa Rica. Therefore, the newspaper does not accept liability for reader's opinion letter content. |
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| School
director in Liberia faces embezzlement
allegation |
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By A.M. Costa Rica
staff
The Prosecutor's Office of Probity, Transparency and Anticorruption of Liberia arrested the director of a school in that canton for investigation of the crimes of embezzlement, concussion and illicit enrichment. The arrest came around 8 a.m., at the Community Education Institute, which has a student population of 3,000 people. The man faces accusations of making irregular charges to students and teachers. Investigators said that schoolchildren or their families were charged between ¢1,000 and ¢4,000 for study records, transcripts and student cards. About 300 cases are being investigated, a judicial report said. Two teachers also complained that they had to pay ¢150,000 and ¢200,000 in exchange for being appointed to work at the school. Another person said he was asked for ¢1.2 million to obtain a job at the school. The Prosecutor's Office sought evidence related to the alleged charges, such as documents and files of students and teachers and cash. |
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The school director is accused of
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