{"id":2709,"date":"2021-04-28T17:23:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T21:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/video-release-merkley-gavels-in-interior-appropriations-subcommittee-hearing-examining-health-disparities-in-indian-country-2021\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:05:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:05:49","slug":"video-release-merkley-gavels-in-interior-appropriations-subcommittee-hearing-examining-health-disparities-in-indian-country-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/video-release-merkley-gavels-in-interior-appropriations-subcommittee-hearing-examining-health-disparities-in-indian-country-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"COMUNICADO DE VIDEO: Merkley Gavels en la audiencia del Subcomit\u00e9 de Asignaciones Interiores que examina las disparidades de salud en el pa\u00eds indio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 El Senador de EE. UU. de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, quien se desempe\u00f1a como Presidente del Subcomit\u00e9 de Asignaciones del Interior, Medio Ambiente y Agencias Relacionadas del Senado, dirigi\u00f3 la primera audiencia del Subcomit\u00e9 de la 117<sup>el<\/sup>&nbsp;Congreso hoy, centr\u00e1ndose en abordar las disparidades de salud en el pa\u00eds indio en el contexto de la respuesta al coronavirus del Servicio de Salud Ind\u00edgena (IHS) y las necesidades futuras del IHS.<\/p>\n<p>La directora interina de IHS, Elizabeth Fowler, y su directora financiera, Jillian Curtis, comparecieron virtualmente para brindar testimonio.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Durante generaciones, las comunidades tribales han lidiado con disparidades de salud extremas que han resultado de la larga e inquietante historia de promesas incumplidas y tratos de mala fe con las tribus de los Estados Unidos&quot;.&nbsp;<b>dijo Merkley<\/b>. \u201cLa pandemia solo ha empeorado esas disparidades. Pero este a\u00f1o, bajo una enorme presi\u00f3n y con el apoyo del Congreso, IHS merece mucho cr\u00e9dito por superar el promedio nacional en lo que respecta a un plan de distribuci\u00f3n de vacunas eficaz y eficiente en asociaci\u00f3n con tribus y organizaciones ind\u00edgenas urbanas, a pesar de barreras \u00fanicas como llegar a lugares remotos. \u00e1reas Ese \u00e9xito debe convertirse en el nuevo est\u00e1ndar para el IHS, y estoy agradecido de haber tenido la oportunidad de hablar con los testigos de hoy sobre lo que podemos lograr juntos, en todo, desde abordar las causas subyacentes de las disparidades de salud hasta fortalecer la infraestructura vital, cuando proporcionamos a la agencia la financiaci\u00f3n que estos esfuerzos necesitan y merecen\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Seg\u00fan los Centros para el Control y la Prevenci\u00f3n de Enfermedades (CDC), la tasa de incidencia de coronavirus para los nativos americanos es de aproximadamente 379 casos por cada 100 000 personas, una tasa casi dos veces mayor que el promedio nacional. La prevalencia de casos de coronavirus entre las comunidades nativas refleja las disparidades en el acceso a la infraestructura b\u00e1sica, incluida una buena educaci\u00f3n, viviendas seguras y confiables, agua potable limpia y atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica, todo lo cual contribuye a los resultados de salud y la esperanza de vida. Merkley enfatiz\u00f3 durante la audiencia la necesidad urgente de realizar inversiones cr\u00edticas para mejorar esos determinantes de la salud, y le pregunt\u00f3 al director interino Fowler c\u00f3mo est\u00e1n trabajando los programas de IHS para abordarlos.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Adem\u00e1s, Merkley le pregunt\u00f3 al director interino Fowler qu\u00e9 est\u00e1 haciendo IHS para apoyar la salud mental de los estudiantes nativos, incluidos los estudiantes de la escuela Chemawa en Salem, y c\u00f3mo el Servicio est\u00e1 apoyando a los trabajadores de la salud para garantizar una atenci\u00f3n constante y confiable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Merkley tambi\u00e9n presion\u00f3 al director interino Fowler sobre los pasos que se deben tomar para mejorar la situaci\u00f3n de la infraestructura del agua en la reserva de Warm Springs en Oreg\u00f3n, donde los sistemas de distribuci\u00f3n y tratamiento de agua obsoletos han provocado agua potable insegura, fallas en las v\u00e1lvulas de alivio de presi\u00f3n y tuber\u00edas rotas.<\/p>\n<p>Merkley tambi\u00e9n expres\u00f3 su preocupaci\u00f3n por el manejo de dos cuestiones importantes de responsabilidad en IHS. Merkley le pregunt\u00f3 al director interino Fowler si la agencia publicar\u00eda un informe interno que analizara el manejo de la agencia de un pediatra que abus\u00f3 sexualmente de los ni\u00f1os nativos americanos bajo su cuidado. Merkley tambi\u00e9n cuestion\u00f3 si la agencia tiene mecanismos internos de revisi\u00f3n para encontrar desperdicio, fraude y abuso dentro de sus pol\u00edticas de adquisici\u00f3n, luego de un incidente en el que IHS compr\u00f3 $3 millones en m\u00e1scaras defectuosas de un exfuncionario de Trump que se convirti\u00f3 en contratista del gobierno 11 d\u00edas despu\u00e9s de que comenz\u00f3 la compa\u00f1\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p><b>Una grabaci\u00f3n de video de la audiencia est\u00e1 disponible. <a href=\"https:\/\/merkley.box.com\/s\/kgve3k1r91wqor4mxnwhl4ls7l0actwo\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley&mdash;who serves as Chair of the Senate Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee&mdash;led the Subcommittee&rsquo;s first hearing of the 117th&nbsp;Congress today, focusing on addressing health disparities in Indian Country in the context of the Indian Health Service&rsquo;s (IHS) coronavirus response, and future needs&nbsp;of the IHS. 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