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defined. Summers (October-March) are Fia. 10. Location of Three Projects in Colombia:
Cali, Cartagena, and Medellin.
warm, and winter temperatures, though not
very low, combine with high relative hu- ,.
midity to produce penetrating cold. Fog is
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common in winter and atmospheric pollu-
tion (smog) is noticeable in the city '­
throughout the year. Precipitation occurs v'z "
mainly in winter, with abundant snowfall
in the neighboring Cordillera of the Andes.
The water sup ly is from river and surface " , c 7N
sources, supplemented by deep wells. The
major industries are metallurgy and manu- . .
facture of textiles, clothing and footwear,
chemicals, and food products.
Medical care is delivered principally by
the National Health Service, which provides
9,647 of the 11,026 hospital beds and
most of the outpatient and community
services. The project area had 2,204 beds
for pediatric care.
Fio. 11. Location of Projects in Colombia, El
The principal collaborator was on the Salvador, Jamaica, and Mexico.
faculty of the Department of Public Health
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and Social Medicine of the School of Medi- f
cine of the University of Chile, the head-
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quarters of the project. She had also served .O
as principal collaborator in the earlier Investigation
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COLOMBIA C.
The three projects in Colombia were de- .
signed to provide data for three distinct
regions of the country: the Pacific, the
Caribbean, and the central regions (Figures Cali Project
10 and 11). They were conducted, respec- Cali, considered to be third in urder of
tively, in the urban sectors of the cities of importance among Colombia's cities, lies in
Cali, Cartagena, and Medellin. The selec- the fertile Cauca Valley, at 1,000 meters
tion of these sites enabled the medical above sea level. Its average temperature is
schools in the first two cities and the school 24°C, with maximum readings occurring
of public health in the third to participate during the dry months of July and August.
actively in the Investigation, thereby en- One of the country's largest industrial conhancing
the value of the findings for teach- glomerates has been established here, which
ing purposes.
accounts in large part for the heavy influx