MANAGUA - The Cuban-Nicaragua brigade "Todo con Voz" began on Wednesday the disability study in the Chinandega department, as part of government efforts to aid one of the most marginalized sectors.

Local authorities led by Chinandega Mayor Enrique Saravia and Heath Director Luis Ramon Lindo, received on Tuesday the medical brigade.

After finishing their work in Masaya and Mataglapa departments, the brigade made up by 68 Cuban doctor and specialists will work Chinandega for a month.

The study carried out by the multidisciplinary group has as objective to find out the main causes of disability in Nicaraguan municipalities' settlers.

Doctor finished their work last week in Matagalpa, where they saw 8,250 local people, 300 of them with severe disabilities that need to be assisted quickly by specialists, according to statistic figures published by the brigade coordinator, Miladys Orraca.

Orraca pointed out that they assisted about 26,000 Nicaraguans in Masaya and Matagalpa, 8,000 of them with some kind of disability.

Cuban specialists began their work in Nicaragua in October to find out the main causes of Nicaraguan disabled people, in order to help government and health system to plan assistance programs for these people.