Cesar Vasquez still the same Minister of Health Despite calls for his dismissal from various organizations and professionals in the sector. Yesterday, Wednesday, August 27 Cesar Acunaparty leader Alliance for Progress (APP) And the regional governor of freedomHe met with Vasquez at noon for about two hours, according to the official visit log.
After this meeting Vasquez He had a meeting at 4:30pm with the president. Dina BoluartyThis comes amid rumours of possible changes in the government. Media reports have reported that there is growing pressure for Cesar Vasqueza former APP fighter, is still at the helm of the sector. Due to the supposed influence of Aconia.
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The health minister is facing strong questions and calls for his dismissal. One is that Vazquez is accused of soliciting his wife’s employment, Juliana Horna Protestin Congresswoman APP’s office Heidi Juarez In 2021, when he was a parliamentary adviser. This was another point of criticism of his tenure.
College of Medicine of Peru (CMP) The president asked Boluarty Immediate departure of Vázquez due to his poor and dangerous management of public health. Through a statement, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol highlighted that during his term there was a lack of access to health services and medicines.
Therefore, there are contradictory initiatives such as: Farmamensa Which gives priority to the sale of medicines that should be free. Also mentioned are: Deterioration of immunization coveragehe Increase in measlesRubella, severe pneumonia, and biased interpretation of dengue numbers.
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since Vasquez He took over as minister in June 2023, and serious problems in the health sector escalated. He CMP She also pointed to the high prevalence of anaemia in children in Peru, which affects 43.1% of children aged 6 to 35 months, the highest figure in the past five years. Similarly, she highlighted the inefficiency in combating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, the most prevalent disease on the continent.
Another controversy arose when Vasquez I impromptu agreed to replace the national medical exam with a new exam administered by the Ministry of Health for admission to SerumsUniversity Council UNMSM She expressed her rejection of this measure, considering that it puts the future of health professionals, and thus the health of the population, at risk.
Former Minister of Health Oscar Ugarte He also spoke frankly, indicating that if Vázquez did not act in a dialogue manner regarding the serum exams, President Boluarte would have to make decisions about their continuation.
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He claims that Vazquez is a political figure supported and remains in power. Cesar Acuna APP and AP gained strength after a newspaper report was published about the influence of this party in Mensa.
This context increased pressure on President Boluarte to make a decisive decision regarding Vázquez’s continued hold on the health portfolio, amid a scenario marked by criticism and calls for her dismissal.
According to the Transparency Portal, the Minister of Health has registered meetings with members of Congress from Podemos Peru, Popular Action and Together for Peru since Monday, August 26, in his ministerial office in Mensa.
Maria del Carmen Alpha Prietonon-Caucus member of Congress, and former Caucus member Popular workHe visited, accompanied by his chief technical advisor, the Minister of Health.
Also a member of Congress Roberto Hilbert Sanchez Palomino, to Together for Peru – Voices of the People, Congresswoman Kira Alcaraz Agueropart of We can PeruI have had meetings with the President of Mensa in recent days.
Meeting with Wilson Soto PalaciosMembers of Congress Popular work
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