The Secretariat of Health’s Weekly Report for the Epidemiological Surveillance of Extreme Natural Temperatures registered 42 deaths caused by heat stroke and 6 caused by dehydration during the week ending May 21
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The elimination of 35 Official Mexican Standards, including for illnesses such as breast, cervical and prostate cancer, will leave the Mexican population without a standard quality of care in public and private hospitals across the nation
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By MARK LORENZANA Shortly after Mexican health authorities eliminated the mandatory use of face masks in closed spaces, Mexico’s Federal Civil Aviation Agency (AFAC), in an official statement on Tuesday, Oct. 11, said that it is now optional for passengers to mask up inside the country’s airports and on flights departing Mexico. “As of this date (Tuesday) and as long
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By KELIN DILLON While Mexico’s Secretariat of Health announced that it would be implementing a robust hiring program for medical specialists to fill nearly 14,000 vacant positions on May 24, the employment strategy has altogether fallen flat, with more than 50 percent of those positions reportedly not receiving a single application from their targeted audience in the weeks following. According
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By KELIN DILLON In an attempt to reduce its foreign debt, Mexico’s state-owned fuel company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) received $3.5 billion in bond buybacks from the Mexican federal government, the country’s Secretariat of Finance (SHCP) reported on Tuesday, Dec. 7. This financial injection is equivalent to 74 billion pesos, about half the annual budget given to Mexico’s Secretariat of Public
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By KELIN DILLON Three years after Mexico dismantled its system for the acquisition and distribution of medicines, the country has failed to replace it, resulting in the government only buying 29.3 percent of the 1.5 billion scheduled medicines for 2021, and having only distributed 6.8 percent of what it planned to for the year. According to figures from the Secretariat
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By KELIN DILLON On the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 8, Mexican Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) Rogelio Ramírez de la O presented Mexico’s 2022 budget plan to the Chamber of Deputies under the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), featuring no increase in taxes, increased spending in the health sector, and historical levels of public investment.
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By KELIN DILLON A massive extra 68 billion pesos have been given to the construction of Mexico’s controversial Dos Bocas refinery in Tabasco during the first semester of 2021 — more than what was given to the country’s health sector during the same time period despite the deadly coronavirus pandemic. Data from Mexico’s Secretariat of Finance (SHCP) revealed the initially
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By KELIN DILLON Despite more than 86.8 percent of drugs ordered from the United Nations Office of Project Services (UNOPS) by Mexico having not yet arrived at the necessary institutions, the federal government and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) have touted the purchase as a victory. According to the Mexican Secretariat of Health, only 25.8 million of 196.5 million
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By KELIN DILLON As part of Mexico’s ongoing vaccination program against covid-19, the government has now opened vaccine registration for all inhabitants between the ages of 30 and 39, announced Public Health Undersecretary Hugo López-Gatell on Tuesday, June 22. “Registration is simple, with your unique population registration card and registered address,” said López-Gatell, encouraging all eligible residents to sign up
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