The statement follows the recent decision by the new Brazilian government to permanently close the More Doctors Program»

This was the last group of Cuban health professionals who offered their services in the Más Médicos program in the South American country»

With the arrival of this group, a total of 5,800 Cuban doctors have returned from Brazil, where they worked primarily in remote and impoverished areas»

The young PTs shared a letter saying that Cuba exerts a significant influence on the formulation of State policies that guarantee basic and universal rights»

The health professionals were received by President Diaz-Canel early Friday in Havana’s José Martí International Airport»

Cira Delia Valdivia Graña, an Integral General Medicine Specialist at the Polyclinic No. 1 of Cabaiguán, central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus, felt the suffering of the poor in Brazil where she left friends for whose fate she fears today»

The decision was adopted due to President-elect Bolsonaro’s questioning of Cuban doctors’ competency and changing conditions of the More Doctors program»

Cuba announces withdrawal of the medical brigade working in Brazil as part of the Program More Doctors for Brazil»

This new service obeys a Joint Resolution of the Public Health and Transport Ministries, in force since 1996»