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Costa Rica saves infants’ lives
(1988)
Costa Rica covers an area of about 50 000
square kilometres. Approximately half of its
2.5 million inhabitants live in rural areas.
The economy is based on exports of tropical
products, predominantly coffee and ...
Infant Mortality in Costa Rica: Explaining the Recent Decline
(1986)
Costa Rica has undergone a dramatic reduction in its infant mortality rate from 68 per 1,000 live
births in 1970 to 20 per 1,000 in 1980. In the present study, changes during this century,
mortality differentials, and ...
Snakebite mortality in Costa Rica
(1997-11)
The mortality rate due to snakebite envenomation in Costa Rica was estimated from 1952 to 1993. The highest mortality was observed during the 1950s and 1960s, with the highest rate of 4.83 per 100,000 population in 1953. ...
Socioeconomic development, health interventions and mortality decline in Costa Rica
(1991-02)
Costa Rica, whose life expectancy was 74 years by 1985, has reached a health level comparable to a developed country. The health achievements of this country are product of political and socioeconomic circumstances as well ...
The evolution of diarrhoeal diseases and malnutrition in Costa Rica: The role of interventions
(Assignment Child (61-62) p.195-224, 1983)
Costa Rica has an infant mortality rate of 17.7%, one of the lowest for developing countries. While it is noted that it is difficult to demonstrate the contributions of specific interventions in accounting for the drastic ...
There is no valid excuse for failing to commit substantial resources to improving the environment
(1986)
The primary aim of all governments should be to enable all their citizens to satisfy their basic human rights of freedom, adequate food, health and shelter. In the wake of in the environment and improved health education. ...
Infection, malnutrition and growth
(1990)
The concomitant appearance of famine and pestilence has been documented in classical religious texts since the beginning of written history. But it was not until recently that the inter-relationships between infection and ...
Estudio de Puriscal VIII. Efecto de intervenciones hospitalarias sobre la lactancia y la salud en el periodo neonatal
(Revista del Hospital Nacional de Niños 17(1y2):99-116, 1982)
Epidemiologic observations during 1976-1980 in the manternity of San Juan de Dios Hospital have shown benefice, effects of the following interventions: early mother-infant stimulation, rooming-in , breast-feeding, and ...
Determinantes del descenso de la mortalidad infantil en Costa Rica
(1985)
En Costa Rica, la tasa de mortalidad infantil se ha reducido notablemente de 68 por 1 000 en 1970 a 20 por 1 000 en 1980. Con el propósito de identificar los posibles determinantes de esta reducción se analizaron los cambios ...
AIDS and HIV infection in Costa Rica – a country in transition
(1988)
Costa Rica, located in the Central American
Isthmus about 10' north of the Equator, is
bordered by Nicaragua and the Caribbean
Sea in the north and east, Panama in the
east, and the Pacific Ocean in the south and
west. ...