The first lady of Panama said Wednesday that she wants to decrease the infant mortality rate in her country by creating help centers in remote areas where the hard-to-reach and impoverished indigenous population lives.
First lady Marta Martinelli’s speech at a Denver luncheon with hundreds of business and community leaders focused on the health problems of her country’s indigenous people, saying they live far from the medical care they need.
Martinelli’s husband, Ricardo Martinelli, was sworn in as president one year ago.
The luncheon was hosted by Project CURE, a Colorado nonprofit that delivers medical supplies to the developing world. The event’s goal was to raise enough money to deliver $3 million worth of medical supplies to hospitals and clinics in Panama. The Associated Press
