WASHINGTON, D. C., 3 de abril del 2020— Hoy, más de 200 organizaciones de protección de pacientes, médicas y de salud pública enviaron una carta a altos funcionarios de la administración de Donald Trump, en la cual se apela a la Administración para que tome medidas inmediatas con el fin de aliviar la escasez crítica en toda la nación de ventiladores y equipos de protección individual (EPI), tales como máscaras, barreras faciales y batas. Esto debido a la pandemia del COVID-19. En la carta, las organizaciones escribieron lo siguiente:

“Estamos agradecidos por los pasos iniciales que la Administración adoptó en los últimos días para enfrentar esta escasez. Sin embargo, ya está claro que la política actual no es suficiente para abordar plenamente esta crisis; se requieren medidas adicionales y urgentes para proteger la salud pública y salvar vidas”.

“Nuestras organizaciones instan al Gobierno federal a tomar más medidas para facilitar la fabricación y distribución oportunas de ventiladores y EPI a través de un proceso que sea transparente, equitativo, basado en la necesidad y que no sea competitivo. Debe emerger una cadena de suministro racionalizada y predecible con la capacidad de aguantar la duración de la pandemia. Ya sea mediante un mayor uso de la Ley de Producción de Defensa para coordinar y establecer prioridades y cadenas de distribución nacionales, o mejorar y acelerar el trabajo actual, la acción es necesaria ahora. Nuestra nación confía en los profesionales de la salud para que nos saquen adelante de esta crisis y ellos, a su vez, dependen de un Gobierno federal que les entregue las herramientas para lograr esta tarea”.

“A medida que el coronavirus sigue propagándose y aumenta la incidencia de la infección, el tiempo es esencial. Es de suma importancia que la Administración actúe inmediatamente para garantizar la seguridad de los pacientes y la fuerza de trabajo del sector de la salud”.

American Lung Association
American Heart Association
Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine (AIHM)
Adult Congenital Heart Association
Advocates for Better Children's Diets
AIDS Action Baltimore
AIDS Alabama
AIDS Foundation of Chicago
Allergy & Asthma Network
Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments
ALPHA-1 Foundation
ALS Association
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
American Association for Clinical Chemistry
American Association for Respiratory Care
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine
American Association on Health and Disability
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP)
American College of Gastroenterology
American College of Lifestyle Medicine
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American College of Osteopathic Internists
American College of Preventive Medicine
American Dental Education Association
American Family Voices
American Geriatrics Society
American Kidney Fund
American Liver Foundation
American Medical Student Association
American Medical Women's Association
American Medical Women's Association
American Music Therapy Association
American Network of Community Options & Resources (ANCOR)
American Physical Therapy Association
American Podiatric Medical Association
American Public Health Association
American School Health Association
American Society for Clinical Pathology
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
American Society of Transplantation
American Therapeutic Recreation Association
American Thoracic Society
Arthritis Foundation
Association for Professionals in Infection Control & Epidemiology
Association of American Cancer Institutes
Association of Asthma Educators
Association of Departments of Family Medicine
Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors
Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
Association of Pathology Chairs
Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions
Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)
Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
Autism Society of America
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Big Cities Health Coalition
CAEAR Coalition
California Thoracic Society
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
Caring Ambassadors Program, Inc.
Cascade AIDS Project
Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation
Children's Environmental Health Network
Chronic Disease Coalition
CMP
Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S. Public Health Service, Inc. (COA)
CommunicationFIRST
Community Education Group
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Digestive Disease National Coalition
Dorney-Koppel Foundation
Earth Day Network
Easterseals
Emergency Nurses Association
Endocrine Society
Epilepsy Foundation
Equality North Carolina
Fresno Madera Medical Society
GBS-CIDP Foundation
GBS-CIDP Foundation International
GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality
Global Health Strategies
Global Liver Institute
GoodWorks: North Alabama Harm Reduction
Green & Healthy Homes Initiative
Health Care Without Harm
Health GAP
Health Resources in Action (HRiA)
HealthHIV
HEALTHY SCHOOLS NETWORK
Hemophilia Federation of America
Hep B United Philadelphia
Hep Free Hawaii
Hepatitis C Association
Hepatitis Education Project
HIV Dental Alliance
HIV Medicine Association
Housing Works, Inc.
Howard Brown Health Center
Immune Deficiency Foundation
Indiana Recovery Alliance
Infectious Diseases Society of America
Institute for Human and Planetary Health
International Foundation for Gastrointestinal Disorders (IFFGD)
Interstitial Cystitis Association
Lakeshore Foundation
Latino Commission on AIDS
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Long Beach Alliance for Children with Asthma
Lutheran Services in America
Maine Public Health Association
March of Dimes
MaryCatherine Jones Consulting, LLC
Meltzer
Mended Hearts & Mended Little Hearts
Muscular Dystrophy Association
NASTAD
National Alliance on Mental Illness
National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities
National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
National Association of School Nurses
National Black Nurses Association
National Center for Healthy Housing
National Environmental Health Association
National Forum for Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention
National League for Nursing
National Network of Public Health Institutes
National Nurse-Led Care Consortium
National Organization for Rare Disorders
National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable
National WIC Association
National Women's Health Network
National Working Positive Coalition
Necrotizing Enterocolitis Society
NephCure Kidney International
New York StateWide Senior Action Council
North American Primary Care Research Group
North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition
Not One More Life, Inc.
Oncology Nursing Society
Oregon Chapter of the Society of Critical Care Medicine
Oregon Thoracic Society
Patient Services Incorporated
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Prevent Blindness
Prevent Cancer Foundation
Prevention Institute
Project Green Schools
Public Health Institute
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation
Regional Asthma Management and Prevention (RAMP)
Resource Center for Parents & Children, Inc.
Respiratory Health Association
Restless Leg Syndrome
Robert G Gish Consultants LLC
Scleroderma Foundation
Social Security Works
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Society for Pediatric Dermatology
Society for Public Health Education
Society of General Internal Medicine
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
The AIDS Institute
The Gerontological Society of America
The Hepatitis C Mentor and Support Group, Inc. - HCMSG
The Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Action Network (#MEAction)
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
The Well Project
Thrive Alabama
Treatment Action Group
United Ostomy Associations of America
United States International Council on Disabilities
UNITEHERE!
University of Maryland School of Nursing
University of MD School of Nursing
University of New Mexico HSC
US COPD Coalition
Washington Thoracic Society

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