Brazil's President lauds Cuban doctors for 2 years of service
Brazil's President lauds Cuban doctors for 2 years of service
English.news.cn 2015-08-05 07:40:00
BRASILIA, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff Tuesday thanked Cuban doctors for boosting healthcare services around the South American country.
The doctors have been working in Brazil for the past two years as part of a government-backed program called "Mas Medicos" or " More Doctors," which promotes healthcare in remote rural parts of the country and poor urban areas.
"I want to thank you and tell you that you brought Brazil-Cuba ties closer together. You are credited with a relationship that today is not localized, but spread throughout the nation," Rousseff said at a ceremony at the presidential Palace of Planalto in the capital Brasilia.
In two years, the program has taken 18,240 healthcare workers to some 5,570 towns and indigenous communities across Brazil, benefiting nearly 63 million people.
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