Seven potential sources of arsenic pollution in Latin America and their environmental and health impacts

2021 ◽  
Vol 780 ◽  
pp. 146274
Author(s):  
Jochen Bundschuh ◽  
Jerusa Schneider ◽  
Mohammad Ayaz Alam ◽  
Nabeel Khan Niazi ◽  
Indika Herath ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Arsenic Pollution ◽  
Potential Sources

scholarly journals Open streets in Latin-America: Health impacts related to physical activity

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Rojas-Rueda ◽  
D. Velazquez-Cortez ◽  
M. Nieuwenhuijsen
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Health Impacts

scholarly journals Antimalarial Plants Used across Kenyan Communities

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Omara
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Web Search ◽  
Therapeutic Potential ◽  
Herbal Remedy ◽  
Antimalarial Activity ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Safety Aspects ◽  
Rich Diversity ◽  
Potential Sources

Malaria is one of the serious health problems in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Its treatment has been met with chronic failure due to pathogenic resistance to the currently available drugs. This review attempts to compile phytotherapeutical information on antimalarial plants in Kenya based on electronic data. A comprehensive web search was conducted in multidisciplinary databases, and a total of 286 plant species from 75 families, distributed among 192 genera, were retrieved. Globally, about 139 (48.6%) of the species have been investigated for antiplasmodial (18%) or antimalarial activities (97.1%) with promising results. However, there is no record on the antimalarial activity of about 51.4% of the species used although they could be potential sources of antimalarial remedies. Analysis of ethnomedicinal recipes indicated that mainly leaves (27.7%) and roots (19.4%) of shrubs (33.2%), trees (30.1%), and herbs (29.7%) are used for preparation of antimalarial decoctions (70.5%) and infusions (5.4%) in Kenya. The study highlighted a rich diversity of indigenous antimalarial plants with equally divergent herbal remedy preparation and use pattern. Further research is required to validate the therapeutic potential of antimalarial compounds from the unstudied claimed species. Although some species were investigated for their antimalarial efficacies, their toxicity and safety aspects need to be further investigated.

COVID-19 will have devastating impact on Ecuador

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Health System ◽  
Foreign Debt ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Fiscal Consolidation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Coastal Province ◽  
The Government

Subject COVID-19 crisis. Significance Ecuador has been one of the countries worst affected by coronavirus in Latin America, with 3,747 cases and 191 fatalities confirmed to date. Unrecorded deaths and lack of testing mean the actual figures are almost certainly significantly higher. The health system is under enormous strain, especially in the coastal province of Guayas where the crisis has been particularly acute. The government has introduced measures to control contagion, closing borders, limiting domestic travel and ordering people to stay at home. Infections and deaths are nevertheless likely to continue rising well into April. Impacts The crisis will derail government efforts to stick to the fiscal consolidation programme agreed with the IMF. Demands will grow for the government to default on tranches of its foreign debt in order to invest in the health system. The mental health impacts of long-term lockdown, particularly in severely affected areas, could be incalculable.

The Genesis and Internal Dynamics of El Salvador's People's Revolutionary Army, 1970–1976

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (01) ◽  
pp. 102-129
Author(s):  
ALBERTO MARTÍN ÁLVAREZ ◽  
EUDALD CORTINA ORERO
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Internal Dynamics ◽  
Internal Coherence ◽  
The 1960S

AbstractUsing interviews with former militants and previously unpublished documents, this article traces the genesis and internal dynamics of the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP) in El Salvador during the early years of its existence (1970–6). This period was marked by the inability of the ERP to maintain internal coherence or any consensus on revolutionary strategy, which led to a series of splits and internal fights over control of the organisation. The evidence marshalled in this case study sheds new light on the origins of the armed Salvadorean Left and thus contributes to a wider understanding of the processes of formation and internal dynamics of armed left-wing groups that emerged from the 1960s onwards in Latin America.

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