- The Secretaries of Health, Alma Rosa Marroquín, appear in the State Congress; and of Women, Graciela Buchanan, of the Axis of Equality for all People.
- “Today we can say with great pride that we have generated a new, unique and innovative model of comprehensive health care for everyone,” said Alma Rosa Marroquín.
- Graciela Buchanan points out that in Nuevo León women are not alone, “we listen to them, we believe them and we accompany them,” she added.
Monterrey, Nuevo León.- Continuing with the gloss on the Third Government Report of Governor Samuel Alejandro García Sepúlveda, the Secretaries of Health, Alma Rosa Marroquín; and of Women, Graciela Buchanan, appeared in the State Congress to expand on the situation of the state Public Administration in the areas of health and a life free of violence against women.
The Secretary of Health said that the priority of the Government of the new Nuevo León was to transform the health system of our State by moving towards universal coverage, “today that objective is a reality,” she said.
“Through unstoppable work, collaboration between institutions and the commitment of our Government we have managed to take firm steps towards a stronger, more accessible and humane health system; Today we can say with great pride that we have generated a new, unique and innovative model of comprehensive health care for everyone,” he noted.
Marroquín Escamilla expressed that with the creation of the trust for high-cost diseases in December 2021, it marks the beginning of providing universal coverage for catastrophic diseases in Nuevo León.
He explained that the Take Care of Your Health Program, which guarantees access to health for people without rights, impacting in a positive and preventive way, has to date more than one million one hundred thousand registered people.
He said that an axis of this scheme is the Universal Coverage program for Girls, Boys and Adolescents with Cancer, which is a ray of hope for many little warriors and their families who face not only the challenge of diagnosis and illness, but also the economic one. What a condition like this entails.
At the same time, in April 2022 the Universal Coverage program for Breast Cancer was implemented; the Asistimos con Amor program designed to provide monitoring and care to mothers and their newborns, through home visits carried out by specialized health personnel.
In July 2023, Marroquín Escamilla added, the Feed with Love program was launched, an initiative that seeks to ensure that all our boys and girls receive the best food from the first minute of life, breast milk, and thus ensure their growth and development in optimal conditions. optimal.
“The strengthening of the mental health and addictions intervention program includes the opening of the Mental Health Specialties Hospital in June 2023, as well as the two Mental Health and Addictions Rehabilitation centers and their integration with the 28 CECOSAMA (Community Center of Mental Health and Addictions)”, he added.
The Secretary of Health indicated that the Universal Coverage programs for the Heart Attack Code were also implemented; the Hey, Hear and Listen program that provides universal coverage to girls and boys who were deaf at birth; the inauguration in March 2024 of the Institute of Maternal Fetal Medicine; and in May of this year, the Take Care of Your Health, You’re on Time program was launched.
In her intervention, the Secretary of Women, Graciela Buchanan, pointed out that to contain and work on the eradication and prevention of violence against women, alliances were formed with strategic actors for immediate attention in coordination, both the State, Municipalities, civil society, and universities.
She commented that these strategic alliances have been strengthened with federal and municipal authorities, creating a municipal system to prevent, address and punish violence against women, adding to date 36 municipalities to have, in coordination with the federal National Commission on Violence against Women, their own systems and work directly with them.
“One of the main (actions) as you already know is to position unique numbers for attention to violence such as 911 and 070, since, as we know, women did not have unique numbers for attention and so that it would be immediate and coordinated attention with the C5 ”, he expressed.
“We have had 5,845 calls this year to 911, and 3,775 to 070, the data presented is to tell women that in Nuevo León if you mess with one, you mess with all of Nuevo León… in Nuevo León the Women are not alone, we listen to them, we believe them and we accompany them,” she added.
The state official added that in order to strengthen important issues such as new masculinities, which must be worked to eradicate, number 070 was established to address these crises.
The General Director of the Institute of Security and Social Services of Workers of the State of Nuevo León, Luis Gerardo Gómez Guzmán, also appeared at the gloss of the Third Government Report.
Thank you for joining us today on World Today News! Our first question is regarding the health care reformation in Nuevo León. Can you tell us more about the specific programs and initiatives implemented by the government to achieve universal coverage?
Secretaries Alma Rosa Marroquín and Graciela Buchanan have mentioned the Take Care of Your Health program, Universal Coverage for Girls, Boys, and Adolescents with Cancer, the Feed with Love program, and the Hey, Hear and Listen program. How do these programs address health disparities in the region and how have they impacted the lives of those who have accessed them?
In addition, the Mental Health and Addictions Rehabilitation centers have been integrated with the CECOSAMAs, and the Institute of Maternal Fetal Medicine is set to open in March 2024. What challenges did the government face in expanding mental health services and ensuring quality care for mothers and children?
Our second topic focuses on violence against women. Nuevo León has established unique numbers for emergency attention to violence. How have these numbers improved the response time and coordination between different authorities in addressing violence against women?
The state has also worked on raising awareness about new masculinities to help eradicate gender-based violence. Can you tell us more about the strategies employed and how effective they have been in changing societal attitudes towards gender roles and relationships?
what role has collaboration between different institutions played in the success of these initiatives? How can the government continue to build on these relationships to achieve better outcomes for its citizens?
