Health creates special program for those affected by the Mariana disaster

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Health creates special program for those affected by the Mariana disaster

The Ministry of Health announced the creation of the Rio Doce Special Health Program, with an investment of R$ 12 billion for actions aimed at the population affected by the collapse of the Fundão dam in Mariana, Minas Gerais, in 2015. The episode is considered the biggest socio-environmental disaster in the country involving mining tailings dams. At the time, more than 62 million cubic meters of ore tailings were dumped into the environment. Th…