The Yanomami Special Indigenous Health District is one of the territories with the greatest need for professionals, with only 5% of vacancies occupied.| Photo: Disclosure/Ministry of Defense

The Ministry of Health informed on Sunday (22) that it is considering accelerating the publication of a public notice for the More Doctors Program to recruit professionals trained in Brazil and abroad to work in Yanomami territory. The measure, according to the folder, is one of the actions of the state of emergency created to support actions to face the lack of health care for the Yanomami peoples.

According to the government, the health crisis has resulted in the deaths of 570 children due to malnutrition and health issues in recent years. A delegation from the federal government, with President Lula (PT) and nine ministers from his government, traveled to the state of Roraima on Saturday (21) to verify the situation of the indigenous people. PT deputies ask the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) to investigate former president Bolsonaro for “genocide against Yanomami”

“We had a notice just for Brazilians. Only then would we issue an invitation to bid for Brazilians trained abroad and, later, for foreigners. Faced with the need to bring assistance to the population of indigenous districts, especially the Yanomami, we want to make an announcement in which everyone can register at once”, declared the secretary of Primary Health Care, Nésio Fernandes, in a statement reproduced by Agência Brasil.

According to the folder, the federal government is going to guarantee funds for an ongoing public notice, in which there are 77 doctors allocated in the Yanomami region. The Yanomami Special Indigenous Health District is one of the territories with the greatest need for professionals, with only 5% of vacancies occupied.