Inflation. Colombiaâs inflation rate is one of the lowest in the region and continues to trend downward. At 3.7 percent, it is near its lowest level in over 50 years. Colombia is one of the few Latin American countries that has never experienced hyperinflation, nor ever defaulted on its debt.
UNIVERSAL TB TESTING OF SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN NOT REQUIRED from page 1. ing first-grade school entry physical examination. This allows. the Department of Public Health to shift its attention to. populations at higher risk for TB, such as the homeless. and HIV positive, and to interventions better-suited to.
TB is being investigated. (The baby or child can receive the BCG vaccine if testing conï¬ rms they are not already infected with TB.) NOTES: * Primary immune deï¬ ciencies in children are often not detected until after the ï¬ rst few weeks of life (ie, after the BCG vaccine is given). A family history of immune deï¬ ciency should be sought and,