SECRETARÍA DE SALUD LLEVARÁ A CABO JORNADA DE VACUNACIÓN CONTRA LA INFLUENZA

*Este sábado 25 de mayo a partir de las 8:00 de la mañana.

La Secretaría de Salud realizará este sábado 25 de mayo una jornada de vacunación gratuita contra la Influenza, dirigida principalmente a los niños menores de dos años, las mujeres en la semana 14 de gestación y los adultos mayores de 60 años.

Por otra parte, los habitantes de la isla que actualmente sufran de enfermedades como diabetes, obesidad, enfermedad pulmonar destructiva crónica –EPOC-, asma, problemas cardiacos, entre otros, también podrán vacunarse gratuitamente contra la Influenza este fin de semana.

La Secretaría de Salud tendrá disponibles cuatro puntos de vacunación distribuidos así:

· Centro Médico Insular

· Policía

· Parque Manawar

· Parque Natania quinta etapa

 Adicionalmente, se completará los esquemas de vacunación a todos los niños menores de cinco años, dependiendo de la revisión de su carne de vacunación.

The Technical Group of Articulation and Coordination with the Territorial Entities of Health of Foods and Beverages of the National Institute for Medicine and Food Surveillance "INVIMA" and the Inspection, Surveillance and Sanitary Control of Foods and Beverages Program of the Secretariat of Health, in order to ensure the safety and quality of food and drinks marketed in the Archipelago has scheduled a training session on General Food and Beverage Labeling directed at importers, manufacturers, distributors and marketers of food and beverages in the insular territory.

It is to note, that this Conference will be held in the following manner:

We hope to count with your participation in this event, which is of vital importance for compliance with the sanitary requirements regarding labeling of foods and beverages marketed by your establishment that are subject to inspection, surveillance and control by the Secretariat of Health.

For more information, contact the following telephone numbers: 513-0801 Ext. 245

The Institutional Legal Support Group of the Legal Advisory Office of the National Institute for Surveillance of Medicines and Foods "INVIMA" in coordination with the Departmental Government of the Archipelago of San Andres, Providence and Santa Catalina, makes the request for participation in the training session on safety and Quality of Alcoholic Beverages Imported and Commercialized, for May 20, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. on Requirements for the importation and commercialization of Alcoholic Beverages in the Archipelago of San Andres, directed at Customs Agents and Importers of liquors of the insular territory. This event will take place at the meeting Room of the Local Government office located on the second floor of the principal building.

It is to note, that this Conference will be held in the following manner:

It is important to reiterate the importance of your participation to avoid setbacks in their activities of importation and commercialization in the territory for not complying with the requirements demanded by the Health Authority.

For more information, contact the following telephone numbers: 513-0801 Ext. 245

SOCIAL WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, CONTROL OF PUBLIC SPACE, INTERVENTION TO ALCOHOLIC SALES AND SECURITY, PILLARS OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

· Government Secretary, Romulo Areiza Taylor, made a balance of the work his secretariat has been doing since 2018 to guarantee citizen coexistence on the island.

 "The Government Secretariat has been carrying out overwhelming actions to recover the issue of citizen coexistence, defined in Law 1801 of 2016."

With this, the Secretary of Government, Romulo Areiza Taylor, refers to the work that, from November 2018, his office will implement to ensure the safety of the inhabitants of the island of San Andres. One of the most important points of his action focuses on social work with young people; an initiative that is carried out in conjunction with the Family Welfare Agency, seven days a week, starting at 10:00 p.m. until 3:00 in the morning at the busiest areas of the Island.

"We are doing work with young people who are not with their parents, even those who are with their parents must return to their homes. If the youths are alone on the streets, they are returned to their homes in company of the Family Welfare Agency and the Childhood and Adolescence Police, where they are read their rights, they talk to their parents and, if applicable, they are given a fine,"said the secretary.

With regard to urban control, Areiza Taylor spoke of the various operations that are carried out.

SECRETARIAT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMEMORATES INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSFOBIA AND BIPHOBIA

*On Friday, Mat 17

With the objective of building an Archipelago free of discrimination based on sexual orientation and diverse gender identity, the Secretariat of Social Development will commemorate the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.

The argument for choosing this day internationally is that it was on May 17, 1990 when the World Health Organization (WHO) eliminated homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses.

The most insidious expressions of homophobia, transphobia and biphobia are those that manifest in all aspects of daily life, in the workplace and family; through jokes, caricatures, and a use of language that represents sexual minorities as illegitimate, all of which is an indicator of a broad cultural construction and of structural discrimination, often institutionalized, very difficult to visualize, and fight.

SECRETARÍA DE DESARROLLO SOCIAL CONMEMORA DÍA INTERNACIONAL CONTRA LA HOMOFOBIA, TRANSFOBIA Y BIFOBIA

* Este viernes 17 de mayo.

Con el objetivo de construir un archipiélago libre de discriminación por orientación sexual e identidad de género diverso, la Secretaría de Desarrollo Social conmemorará el Día Internacional Contra al Homofobia, Transfobia y Bilofobia.

El argumento para elegir este día a nivel internacional es que fue el 17 de mayo de 1990 cuando la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) eliminó la homosexualidad de la lista de enfermedades mentales.

Las expresiones más insidiosas de la homofobia, la transfobia y la bifobia son aquellas que se manifiestan en todos los aspectos de la vida diaria, en el medio laboral y familiar, a través de bromas, caricaturizaciones, y de un uso del lenguaje que representa a las minorías sexuales como ilegítimas, todo lo cual es indicador de una construcción cultural amplia y de una discriminación estructural, muchas veces institucionalizada, muy difícil de visibilizar y de combatir. 

Con el mensaje ‘Todos tenemos derecho de elegir’, la Secretaría de Desarrollo Social conmemora la fecha, invitando a la comunidad a fomentar el respeto y la tolerancia.

Es importante transitar no solo hacia la tolerancia, sino hacia la plena aceptación y respeto del otro y sus diferencias. De acuerdo con estudios de la Organización Mundial de la Salud, nada de lo que existe en la naturaleza es antinatural, por lo que apelar a la biología como argumento para rechazar una conducta no tiene sentido alguno.

En una sociedad justa e igualitaria, todos tienen derecho a su individualidad, a ser quienes son, y amar a quienes aman. Y a hacerlo en paz, sin temor al rechazo, al odio o a la violencia, sino enriquecidos en la diversidad.