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Within the framework of the second roundtable of dialogue between different entities of the district and leaders of the Emberá community settled in Bogotá, progress was made in health care for the indigenous people living in the National Park.
In this sense, it was agreed to form a team of six people with ethnic affiliation for care with an ethnic focus that recognizes the health practices of the Emberá people. Health sessions will also continue, reinforcing coordination with leaders, this includes oral health, specialized medical care, clinical laboratories and delivery of medications.
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Likewise, The review and improvement of communication for care by ambulances and their crews present in the National Park in Bogotá was arranged..
In the same way An interdisciplinary health team will be maintained from Monday to Friday, which provides primary health services including delivery of basic medications; establish a dialogue and health monitoring table with leaders every two weeks, to guarantee quality services and expand the first responder courses with an ethnic focus to the Emberá population present in the National Park.
Once the dialogue table is over and the minutes have been signed, The community leaders committed to immediately suspend the de facto measure on Carrera 8 and Calle 12lifting the blockade they maintained in the center of Bogotá.
All this coordination took place after a three-month-old child died in the community’s settlement in the National Park sector.
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