AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoDigital Health & AI: Costa Rica signed a collaboration with Google to bring AI into education, health, and security as part of the government’s digital transformation push. Public Health After Flooding: Health authorities stepped up drinking-water monitoring, epidemiological surveillance (including leptospirosis risk), and shelter sanitation checks as schools stayed closed and people remained in temporary housing. Medical Tourism (Dental): Five dental clinic groups earned a new certification aimed at foreign patients, signaling Costa Rica’s push to grow higher-spending medical travel—where dental is the biggest draw. Workplace Safety: A new focus on heat stress highlights risks for both outdoor workers and hot indoor workplaces, with prevention rules and employer obligations. Food Security: A UN report says hunger in Latin America fell for a fifth straight year, with the Dominican Republic the last country to reach “zero hunger.” Animal Health & Welfare: U.S. investigators cleared “Sloth World” of criminal neglect in the deaths of dozens of sloths, pointing to a multifactorial health incident rather than intentional wrongdoing. Health Tech & Research: A Central American 5G Innovation Hackathon will use Costa Rica’s 5G testbed to develop prototypes for digital tools across the region.
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