The Ministry of Health and Sports presented its Initial Public Accountability Report 2022, where they highlighted advances in telehealth and free health services.
The Minister of Health and Sports, Jeyson Auza, explained that the ministry's programs have facilitated free access to medical care and health services for the population of rural areas in Bolivia. "It is important to highlight the work and approaches we have for each of the programs," he explained.
The results of the report showed data from January to April 2022. In that period, the telehealth program provided 111,388 telemedicine medical services in various specialties and various population groups. Likewise, more than 5,000 ministry agents and health professionals were teletrained to use telemedicine tools.
In this way, Auza explained that connectivity has been key to the successful implementation of this telehealth project. “Telehealth access has been guaranteed to 118 low-income municipalities throughout the national territory, covering the internet service with an investment of more than 5 million Bolivians,” he mentioned.
On the other hand, the minister called on the population and social organizations to work together to continue meeting the objectives of access to health in the country.
Bolivia's national telehealth program was implemented between 2013 and 2014, and between 2020 and 2021, reported growth in the use of these services due to the pandemic and the addition of more facilities and municipalities to their telehealth network.
