MAIN THEME: Health

The Riverside Early Childhood Initiative (PIR), created in 2012, aims to address a specific problem that exists in traditional Amazon communities to access basic health services for pregnant women and children from zero to six years old. Thus, PIR aims to improve the method of home visitation focusing on the integral development of riverside children, by training Community Health Agents.

GOALS

Contributing to the development of caregivers of children, strengthening the bond between parents and children, and developing skills of community health workers.

DESCRIPTION

The PIR trains community health workers to assist in health monitoring in Tefé riverside families, in the Amazon, and contributes to the development of children in the region.

The first step is to build a bond with the municipality, involving the Secretariats of Health, Education and Social Assistance. Then, the knowledge of health agents is improved and community agents are formed.

Every agent receives a training course on child rights, breastfeeding, child health handbook, among other topics related to pregnant women. The Sustainable Amazon Foundation has also developed the Home Visitation Guide and a form installed on tablets, which helps to feed the state of Amazonas with data from these regions.

RESULTS ACHIEVED

The initiative served as the basis for the creation of a public policy of Early Childhood in the Amazon and contributes tools towards reaching all children in the state, regardless of where they live.

CONTACT

Address: Rua Álvaro Braga, 351 - Parque 10 de Novembro – Manaus (AM)

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Phone number: (92) 4009-8900