Monday, July 18, 2005

US-Peru FTA would harm health care in Peru

A recent U.N. press release noted that the Peruvian Ministry of Health recently released:

a study on the potential effects of an eventual US-Peru Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
on access to medicines. The study revealed that between 700 to 900
thousand people would be left excluded from accessing medicines
without an increase in the budget of the Ministry of Health or an
increase in household income for the poor. The first year of the FTA
would require an additional increase in spending of US$ 34.4 million,
of which US$29 million would fall on families and the rest on the
Ministry of Health.


Does anyone believe that money will be available? The press release comments that "Over 50 per cent of Peruvians live in poverty, while almost 25 per
cent live in extreme poverty. And many Peruvians die from treatable
medical conditions due to difficulties in accessing drugs." Essentially then, the FTA appears to be a death sentence for an unknown number of people.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great blog I hope we can work to build a better health care system as we are in a major crisis and health insurance is a major aspect to many.

January 19, 2006 5:21 PM  

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