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.
1 People who have a positive TB skin test with a normal chest X-ray are NOT contagious, but may need medicine to prevent them from ever getting active TB. 2  Children under the age of 12 with active TB are rarely contagious, and do not need to be kept out of school.ow often does a TB test have to be repeated? If you have a negative skin test, you need a repeat test at least every four years. If you have a documented positive skin test, you must have an initial chest X-ray. After that, you still need to be screened every four years.