The Ministry of Health reported that it will accredit 57,000 teams to reinforce and expand care in basic units, considered the gateway to the Unified Health System (SUS).
According to the ministry, the accreditation of the new teams will clear the queue of pending requests from municipalities made until January of this year. In total, 3,800 municipalities will be served and over 33.8 million Brazilians will have medical care in the public network. For hiring, an amount of R$ 1.6 billion per year will be released.
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Health professionals will be shifted to Mais Médicos, family health (1,400), community agents (30,000), dental care program (3,600 teams), primary care (2,900) and clinics street (30).
According to the ministry, 47 teams will be accredited to assist riverside populations.
“This first service, carried out in the Basic Health Units, is responsible for monitoring the health situation of the population, preventing and reducing diseases. In this context, filling the gaps in care that were left unattended by the previous government is a way of rescuing the right and access of the Brazilian population to health”, says a note released by the portfolio.
The states and municipalities will have 90 days to carry out the accreditation of the teams. The deadline for local SUS managers to submit new requests is 40 days.
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