During his third accountability hearing, Mayor Carlos Maya also confirmed significant progress in fighting crime, building new educational institutions and vaccinating against Covid 19. Pereira’s president said the country is experiencing a crisis and Pereira is no exception, but the numbers showed that safety indicators have apparently improved, especially in reducing high-impact crimes such as homicides.
In this sense, he highlighted the purchase of 200 cameras that have come to strengthen the control and surveillance work with facial recognition and plate to prevent crime. In total there are 497 cameras integrated into the Metropolitan Police to ensure the safety of citizens. “In the murders we are with the lowest number in the last 5 years: so far this year 83 murders have occurred and the rates of crimes such as personal injury, theft of residences, banks and commerce in general have also decreased”, Maya Lopez highlighted.
He added that the public force received 7 vans and 20 new motorcycles from the city government; In addition, 90 uniformed staff members were incorporated to improve the safety of the metropolitan area. In terms of health, the president of Pereira said that teenage pregnancy has decreased, from 14.8% in 2021 to 13.1% in 2022; In addition, 10 breastfeeding rooms have been installed in various official institutions of the municipality and an agreement for 200 million pesos has been signed with the League against cancer, for the prevention of this disease and the promotion of healthy habits.
“In vaccination against Covid 19 we have a 97.7% complete scheme and we were the first city in the country to obtain herd immunity and one of the first to remove the mask. Progress was also made in the measles and rubella vaccination campaign in children under the age of 11, rising from 39,908 in 2021 to 42,026 in 2022. There were also zero deaths in children under the age of 5 from malnutrition and acute diarrheal diseases. noted the mayor.
Likewise, he highlighted that new educational institutions have been built in the field of education, such as the one in Ciudad Boquía, for the benefit of 1,040 students, and in the El Remanso neighborhood, which will host 960 students, and the educational institution La Word, which will benefit 300 students.
“In the School Feeding Plan -PAE- 165 schools benefited, supporting a population of 23,683 students; We also guarantee Internet for all educational institutions in the city and have 35 additional Wi-Fi zones. In addition, we support 35 people deprived of their liberty who have graduated from high school and give them scholarships so that they can continue to formulate their life plan and continue to advance in their resocialization process, ”Maya López noted.
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The Mayor highlighted that 300 positive actions were carried out, which can be consulted on the Mayor’s website www.pereira.gov.co
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Date of publication 03/11/2022
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