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Health sector proposes 14 consensuses to face the crisis and asks the next government for an immediate shock plan
Health sector organizations presented a roadmap with 14 priority consensuses to face the crisis. Photo: Private archive
TL;DR
- Over 30 health organizations have presented a roadmap with 14 priority consensuses to address the Colombian health system's crisis.
- The document, developed over five months, aims to guide the next government's decisions.
- Key consensuses include placing patients at the center, establishing primary healthcare as an integrating axis, and treating health as a state policy.
- Proposals address fair wages and stability for healthcare workers, financial sustainability, and incorporating innovation and medicines.
- The roadmap also focuses on organizing integrated networks, strengthening public hospitals, and addressing chronic and high-cost diseases.
- Organizations stress the need for urgent measures to stabilize the system and define the future of intervened EPS.
- The document will be shared with political parties, presidential campaigns, Congress, and national and territorial authorities as technical input.