Medtech priorities feature in Brazilian US$3.4bn ringfencing calls
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Brazil's "parliamentary committee on healthcare" has called on the government to ringfence R$6bn (US$3.4bn) for specific healthcare priorities in 2010. A report presented to health minister José Gomes Temporão highlights haemodialysis, high-complexity surgery and laboratory testing, as well as family health, primary care and pharmacies, as being among a number of areas that "require additional resources immediately".