03 February 2011

BRASIL: Dilma Offers Free Diabetes, High Blood Pressure Meds.

BBC/

   While America argues about health care in a debate largely controlled by Big Pharma, Brasil will soon provide free medicines for everyone suffering from high blood pressure or diabetes through a network of 15,000 budget pharmacies.
   President Dilma Rousseff says she is fulfilling a campaign promise  to end extreme poverty
About 33 million suffer from high blood pressure and more than seven million have diabetes.