Start up program brings patients together with black healthcare professionals | Globo Reporter

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This is one of the many companies he supports Palm Valley, a social organization that supports creative businesses – preferably black-led – with private sector investment. Dentist Arthur Lima, co-founder of Afrohealth Together with Igor Leo Rocha, he tells us how the project came about.

“A fellow dentist, who is also black, asked me to recommend a black dentist and undergo root canal treatment. I remember not finding her,” he says.

There are more than 900 specialists registered on the platform, in at least 130 Brazilian cities. A person can choose whether they want an online or face-to-face service. Psychologist Jamila Baranhos saw her patient list grow and today she feels like an actress.

“When one goes up, it’s good to pull the other. So when I look at this chain of help, from the support, I think about it a lot. If you go upstairs, why don’t you draw your brother too?” Jamil asks.