The State os São
Paulo Forum on NGO/AIDS required to the Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPF) to “open
a new procedure in order to make the Hepatitis C treatment more accessible”, in
other words, it asked the transference of those drugs from the specialized
component group to the specific component one.
The document attached
to the requirement the FOAESP ‘s appeal, addressed to the Ministry of Health,
as well as its response. Read below the full request addressed to the Public
Prosecutors.
To
the Public Prosecutor’s Office
São
Paulo Public Prosecutor’s Office
Honorables,
The State of São Paulo Forum on NGO/AIDS, non governmental organization
on the fight against AIDS, CNPJ 02.736.953/0001-48, headquartered at São Paulo
– SP, 324, São João blvd, ap. 701, CEP 01036-000, hereby presents, with all
respect, the current situation regarding to the treatment of Hepatitis C in the
country, which needs adaptation.
From 2014/2015
on, new pharmaceutical technologies on the treatment of Hepatitis C were developed
in the world.
Those new
treatments were introduced in the Unified Health System and are distributed since
October, 2015.
It is
important to highlight that the introduction of those new drugs has brought
considerable results for the treatments, since before that, the prospect of Cure
used to be around 40% with the prescription of high side effect medicine.
Nowadays, the chances of Cure are almost 97% of the patients and the side
effects are few.
Nonetheless, the
distribution of those treatments by the SUS are individual. That is the doctor responsible
for the patient must draw up a report based on the Clinical Protocol and
Therapeutic Guidelines for Viral Hepatitis, that is sent to the Ministry of
Health and the treatment is addressed in the patient’s name. That might delay
from four to ten months. If there is any error in the form, it is sent back to the
physician and it must be made out since the beginning.
However, in
Brazil, most patients discover their disease in advanced stage and that urges quick
treatment. That makes it impossible to wait the average period to get the
medicine. Faced with this situation, the patients in advanced stage of the
disease seek the justice to have access to treatment, that might be the difference between life and death.
Due to the presented fact, some institutions request changes in the steps
of the medicine distribution, that means the transference of the drugs for the
treatment of Hepatitis C from the specialized
component group to the strategic
component group. The distribution of the medicine on the treatment of
HIV/Aids is via strategic component group, that turns more agile their
distribution. (Attached doc.)
Those changes we
have just requested to the Ministry of Health, however, it seems the changes are
far from being achieved. (Attached doc.)
We request, therefore,
a procedure which facilitates the access to treatment for those living with
Hepatitis C.
It is worth
noting that, if the states were provided with a minimum stock as a strategy for
the quick access of those patients detected with an advanced stage of disease,
that would greatly assist during the process of moving the treatment from the
specialized component to the strategic component. This action would avoid judicial
processes in order to access the treatment.
Based on the
above considerations, we await appropriate actions from your part and thank you
in advance.
Yours sincerely,
Rodrigo de Sousa Pinheiro
President of the State of São
Paulo Forum on NGO/AIDS
São Paulo, May 17, 2018.
Vaccination Campaign against Hepatitis A for MSM begins
In December, the
FOAESP requested the Ministry of Health to expand Hepatitis A vaccination among
men who have sex with men (MSM). As the LGBT Parede’s activities approach, the State
and Municipal Health Secretariats and the Ministry of Health started the vaccination
campaign addressed to MSM, transvestites, transgenders and sex workers last
Monday, 05/28.
According to the heath
authorities, from June to November 2017, 786 new cases of hepatitis A in the
state capital were reported, among the new cases 88% are male. Until May 2018,
it was detected 301 newly infected, among them 80% are male.
CFT schedules public hearing to discuss the Ordinance
3992/17
The House
Committee on Finance & Taxation has schedule to July 7, the Public hearing
to discuss the Ministry of Health’s Ordinance 3992/2017, which extinguishes the
Unified Health System’s financing packages. They were invited to the meeting:
the National Treasury Secretariat, the Ministry of Planning, Budget and
Management, the Budget and Finance Committee of the National Health Council and
the National Articulation of AIDS (ANAIDS).
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