Lula cites Brazil’s main challenges in the area, including the need to allocate doctors to communities in the interior and on the outskirts of large cities.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva published a message on World Health Day, this Friday (7). In the text he mentions the constitutional guarantee of health as a universal right, mainly through the Unified Health System (SUS). Lula cites Brazil’s main challenges in the area, including the need to allocate doctors to communities in and around large cities, as well as eliminating queues for exams, visits and surgeries.
“In Brazil, fortunately, we have the constitutional guarantee of a Unified Health System, the SUS, which ensures free access to services to the entire population. And we are constantly striving to transform what our Constitution establishes into ever better services” , he wrote.
“It is about strengthening the SUS, bringing doctors and all health workers to the suburbs of large cities and to distant communities in the Brazilian interior. queues for consultations, exams and elective surgeries and declining vaccination rates,” add the message.
The president also highlighted the importance of the World Health Organization (WHO) and commends the work of the body’s current management, led by the Ethiopian Tedros Adhanom.
“WHO has made an extraordinary contribution to humanity. And it deserves a profound tribute for also celebrating its 75th anniversary this April 7. Therefore, I would like to register my thanks to the Director-General, Tedros Adhanon, for his leadership in front line of the Organization”.
In a social network, the Minister of Health, Nisia Trindadecommented on President Lula’s message and stressed that one’s health depends on everyone’s health.
President’s message @lulaoficial it shows how we look at health, starting with those who need it most. Idea that inspires #SUS, the health of one depends on the health of all and, increasingly, on the health of the planet. In that #WorldHealthDayCongratulations to @WHO for his 75th birthday. + pic.twitter.com/u0zU3yd3QY
— Nisia Trindade Lima (@nisia_trindade) April 6, 2023
Source: Terra
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