Beja: Campaign “give change to those in need” in the city's pharmacies.
Kicked off Monday, 16 of December, at participating pharmacies in Beja, the solidarity campaign "Give the Payback Who Needs".
A iniciativa, ending on 25 of December, It is promoted by the Program Oh ok: Drug Solidarity Network, and invites the Portuguese to donate the change of shopping Solidarity Fund Oh ok:.
The amount raised will be fully implemented in the acquisition of drug beneficiaries covered. The campaign has the high patronage of the Presidency.
Ambassador Program Oh ok: calls for the selfless spirit of the Portuguese. "As a community, we are all responsible for each other and we can not accept that there is anyone who, by economic hardship, can not access the medicines that allow you to cope with their health problems.
It is time for civil society to unite and, as citizens, helping those who can not afford the medication that your doctor deemed it indispensable to treat or cure the disease from which he suffers ", encourages Maria de Belém Roseira.
In Portugal, one in ten people have no access to medicines for lack of money *, and many low-income families who can not cope with spending on prescribed medication. The program Oh ok: supports, currently a total of 11.809 beneficiaries, of which 13% they are children.
The amount raised during the course of the campaign "Give the Payback Who Needs" will be one hundred percent applied to the procurement of drugs for beneficiaries Oh ok:. Since its inception, in May 2016, the program has allowed the acquisition of 393.403 drug packaging **.
The program Oh ok: It is present in all districts of the country and autonomous regions and is based on a network of partnerships with local entities that refer to program families at risk. These people, when they are beneficiaries of Oh ok:, They receive a card now use the pharmacy to get the drugs they need, no charge.
