Recycling and avoiding the use of plastic bottles and containers may contribute to combat contamination

Every 24 hours, we produce more than 100 thousand tons of domestic garbage in the country, which includes all kinds of wastes. Most of them...

Traditional medicine, an option for indigenous communities all over the country

Mexico has an inventory of 4 thousand 500 species of medicinal plants, and only 250 of them have been validated by pharmacists and medical institutions;...

Obesity and overweight, just another pandemic in Mexico

Seven out of each ten adults suffer from obesity, which represents 75.2 percent of the population in the country. Besides, the sanitary crisis had a...

Heart diseases, COVID-19 and diabetes; the main causes of death in Mexico

Five diseases have been the main causes of death of more than half a million people last year in Mexico: diabetes, malignant tumors, COVID-19, heart...

In Mexico, more than 55% of the roads are located in rural areas

Connectivity provided by rural roads represent one of the main factors for sustainable growth in communities, as they are part of the primary conditions to...

In Mexico, high blood pressure is a major public health problem

It is estimated that in 2030 about 24 million people will pass away due to cardiovascular diseases and it will become the main cause of...

In Mexico, more than one million micro, small, and medium-size companies went bankrupt

Over the last 17 months, 1 million 10 thousand 857 out of almost 5 million businesses had to close, according to data from the Economic...