The government admitted that it had appointed a special advisor to “organize and structure” the committee’s work Military unit Responsible for the health emergency plan, noting that the company has been working with the Ministry of Health “in recent years.”
The Ministry of Health’s clarifications follow a question posed on Saturday by the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party, who asked the government whether any private company in the consulting sector participated in developing the health emergency plan.
In a memorandum sent to Lusa, the Office of the Secretary of Health explains that “to organize and organize contributions/works Military unit A special consultant, IQVIA Solutions, was appointed and is part of a group of consultants who have worked with the Ministry of Health in recent years.
The Ministry adds that the contract is “general and has a value of 9,250 euros + VAT”, promising to announce, at the beginning of next week, “all contracts, projects and related values from the past eight years”: “It concludes that transparency is a fundamental value of governance.
The statement adds that the health emergency plan was designed by the Minister’s Office and implemented by A Military unit “Comprised of a group of experts from various fields of health, coordinated by Eurico Castro Alves,” none of the elements received “any remuneration.”
“Over the weeks of work, the Task Force heard from 167 entities who provided their vision on the health situation in Portugal,” the note adds in response to the statements made today by Pedro Nuno Santos in his intervention at the European Women’s Caucus held today. It took place in Porto.
