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.
A chest radiograph is also indicated in the absence of a positive test result for TB infection when a person is a close contact of an infectious TB patient and treatment for LTBI will be started (e.g., âwindow prophylaxisâ in a young child or immunocompromised person).