Month: April 2012

Madrid, 8 APR (EFE).-the Secretary of the PSOE, Trinidad Jiménez, Social policy has announced today that his party will not support any Covenant health with the PP to include the co-payment, and has shown its concern over recent statements of popular leaders about the possibility of cuts in social services. Jiménez, speaking to journalists in the headquarters of the PSOE in Madrid, said that his party will not allow the PP to dismantle the welfare State, because it is a system that “Spain can afford”. “Health is one of the most valued by citizens utilities, so we have been consolidating since the last years with a greater strength and a higher quality” and from the PSOE, “we will defend until the end,” has secured what was Health Minister. Trinidad Jiménez highlighted that in times of crisis social services are “absolutely essential for citizens”, as they are used by people who are in a situation “of increased risk and vulnerability”. About the co-pay, Jiménez has highlighted that PP always has said that he rejected, even during elections, but however, in Catalonia the popular have supported after implant CiU. The co-payment is to put “unfair” Jiménez that we already pay among all the health with our taxes, and has shown his desire to ignore the economic benefit that “exactly” is going to bring. “Still does not have any study to raise...

ATLANTA, USA (Reuters) – public schools of United States are carrying out “little progress” in the spread of education to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV, according to a new national study concluded. Between 2008 and 2010, the percentage of public schools that teach key issues on prevention not increased by 45 States studied, reported the centres for the Control and the prevention of diseases of United States (CDC for its acronym in English). . In primary schools, 11 States recorded a decrease in the period of two years and in any increased, the CDC added. The level of instruction in secondary schools remained stable. “With little advance is like we are describing this,” told Reuters Laura Kann, one of the authors of the study. Research did not explain why this type of education seems to be stagnant, Kann said. “The decision on what is taught is a decision at the local level,” he added. “We asked schools what they are doing.” “Don’t ask it why”, specified. Instruction in public schools may be effective in decreasing rates of teenage pregnancy and STDs like HIV, Kann said. “We have evidence that teach these issues can contribute to reduce the risk of HIV, pregnancy and STDs (sexually transmitted diseases),” said the expert. The CDC survey revealed that the percentage of schools that teach the 11 prevention topics suggested...

Havana, 8 APR (EFE).-the Cuban President, general Raúl Castro, welcomed at dawn on Sunday, his Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chavez, who returned to Havana to receive the third stage of the treatment of radiotherapy following cancer, local media reported today. Chavez and Castro had “a lively exchange” at the Havana International Airport “José Martí”, highlights on its cover the official journal “Juventud Rebelde”. Also points out that the representative of Venezuela “before leaving Venezuela he met with his Cabinet”, and cited statements by Chavez to the State channel Venezolana de Televisión, which said it was returning to Cuba “to continue the battle for the health and life”. This is the third trip of the Venezuelan President to Cuba, after the last surgery which underwent a 40 days ago in the island to remove a new tumor, recurrence of cancer for which he underwent in June of last year. Own Chávez pointed out last week that are five sessions of radiotherapy which must receive before operated it on 26 February for the third time. Before returning this weekend to Cuba, Chavez made a speech, in which he was in good spirits and said that you between Wednesday and next Thursday would be back in Venezuela to participate in the activities in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the coup that deviated it from the Government for 45 hours. Recalling that event,...