During the morning conference this Monday, The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, announced that starting on January 3, 2025, the new Banco del Bienestar cards will be delivered.
These new cards will be delivered to the beneficiaries of the Women’s Wellbeing Pension, which in its first phase will support Mexican women aged 63 and 64; while in February high school students will receive their cards for the new “Rita Cetina Gutiérrez” Universal Scholarship.
“On January 3 we make the first delivery of the cards, we are going to go to the State of Mexico to deliver the first cards and during the first months the Banco del Bienestar cards will be delivered.”he highlighted.
Sheinbaum reported that the Banco del Bienestar cards that were delivered during the administration of former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador They will continue to be valid for the collection of existing Welfare Programs, such as the Pension for older adults and people with disabilities.
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“The cards that were delivered with President López Obrador are valid, they are still valid for older adults, disabilities, All the Welfare Programs that are rights today are still valid,” he said.
Regarding the Casa por Casa Salud program, he explained that the objective is to promote preventive health, and that the health personnel hired to carry out home visits to older adults and people with disabilities, are members of the community or nearby communities.
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In addition, he reported that it will be in mid-2025 when the construction of the Wellbeing Pharmacies will begin, which will be next to the Wellbeing Banks. where the beneficiaries of Salud Casa por Casa will be able to purchase their medications.
“Starting in the middle of next year—we are looking at the designs—we are going to start, little by little, the construction of these Pharmacies next to the Welfare Bank. What medications will be in these pharmacies? Well, those that are the most important for the control of diseases such as diabetes, hypertension for the elderly, and some important medications for people with disabilities, so that when they go to collect their pension from the bank they can also free of charge. have your medicine. So, starting in the middle of next year. In the end, we are going to have the Pharmacy on one side in each Welfare Bank,” he explained.
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The Secretary of Welfare, Ariadna Montiel Reyes, reported that to date, 4 million 602 thousand 648 home visits have been made to older adults and people with disabilities as part of the House-to-House Health census; In addition, 14,577 doctors, nurses, and nurses have been hired who will make up the 22,500 health professionals who will make up this program, whose training begins in January 2025 and medical visits will begin in February 2025.
Likewise, it reported that 964,556 women have registered for the Women’s Wellbeing Pension, of which 153,568 are indigenous women between 60 and 64 years old, while 810,988 are women between 63 and 64 years old.
He added, as part of the Pension for the Well-being of the Elderly, 725,300 new additions have been made. and the cards will be delivered during the months of January and February 2025.
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