<div dir="ltr">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Camila Giugliani</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:giugli@hotmail.com">giugli@hotmail.com</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN">NOTE OF THE PEOPLE’S HEALTH
MOVEMENT – BRAZIL CIRCLE IN CONDEMNATION TO DISCRIMINATION ACTS AND IN SOLIDARITY
WITH CUBAN DOCTORS<br>
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On the last 27<sup>th </sup>of August, date of the arrival of Cuban doctors to
work on the Program More Doctors for Brazil, Brazilian doctors and journalists who
were against the coming of these foreign professionals, went to the airports in
the cities of Fortaleza and Natal (Northeastern Brazil), to inveigh and offend with
discriminatory, xenophobic and racist words, showing explicit prejudice towards
the arriving health professionals. The Brazilian discriminators called them incompetent,
and compared them with the 19<sup>th</sup> century slaves, shouting that they
should go back to their slave quarters.<br>
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As if such shameful manifestation was not enough, on the next evening, 28<sup>th</sup>
of August, in the School of Public Health of the State of Ceará, in Fortaleza, where
79 Cuban medical doctors were receiving a training program, a group of Brazilian
doctors formed a “human wall” on the exit door, and once again harassed the foreign
doctors.<br>
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There is nothing that legitimates such vexatious and hateful manifestations.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN">Yes, we do favor manifestations,
provided they are peaceful and respectful. Racist, discriminatory, xenophobic and
prejudiced demonstrations are inadmissible and shall not be tolerated.<br>
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PHM Brazil expresses its solidarity with the Cuban doctors, welcoming them and clearly
stating disagreement with the discriminatory demonstrations that took place.
PHM Brazil does not accept this kind of manifestation, because it explicitly
violates the human rights principles stated in the People’s Charter for Health.
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There is no way to discuss Health For All and to improve our National Health
System if there is no respect and no equity. There is no way to build a National
Health System without meeting the needs of the population.<br>
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For a National Health System with quality and access to any and everyone!!<br>
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<span> </span>People's Health Movement - Brazil</span><span lang="EN-ZA"></span></p>
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