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Portugal : Medicos do Mundo keeps on working with persons in deprived areas and sex workers around Lisboa

Two domestic programmes, one called Saúde Pa nos Bairro (health for our deprived areas, access to health for inhabitants in Loures) and one called Rotas para a Saúde (wheels for health: project with sex workers) have not been financed by public authorities since august 2011. Nonetheless MdM Portugal chose to go on ensuring access to health promotion, providing consultations and referral, sensitizing on HIV, hepatitis, cardio vascular risks... in Loures. Medicos do Mundo also decided to keep on providing HIV/hepatitis prevention with female and male condoms, syringes and other prevention tools to sex workers. http://www.medicosdomundo.pt/index.... et http://diariodigital.sapo.pt/news.a...