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Bishop Gallagher also highlighted that more than 500 million people have fallen into extreme poverty due to the costs of healthcare, making this issue even more worrying. “For that reason, ensuring affordable and universal access to quality healthcare cannot be separated from broader development efforts, such as social protection, education and decent work,” he said.
On the other hand, the Archbishop highlighted that “faith has inspired many efforts to care for the poor and vulnerable around the world.” In fact, about a quarter of all healthcare facilities worldwide are Catholic-oriented and were “created precisely to care for those whom no one wanted to touch,” as well as playing a vital role in caring for the disadvantaged. .
In this sense, he made reference to the initiative on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in Catholic health care facilities launched by the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development of the Holy See in 2021, which seeks to improve health care conditions around the world and reduce the spread of infectious diseases.
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