Implementation Period: November 2024 to October 2026

Presentation and description:

The project Weaving Threads of Comprehensive Health Care in the Amazon will strengthen Primary Health Care, expanding the quality of health care in the Lower Amazonas and Tapajós regions by promoting a more equitable and accessible system for vulnerable populations in the Amazon.

To make this possible, the project will:

– Contribute to governance and articulation with administrators and workers;

– Foster social participation with health councils and community organizations;

– Improve the quality of referrals from Primary Care to Specialized Attention with training, digital technology and telemedicine;

– Incorporate self-care into the chosen lines of care through digital solutions.

Thus, it aims to work on several fronts related to Primary Health Care in order to improve risk stratification and health management for people with hypertension and diabetes, increase the care of pregnant women, especially in areas of difficult access, enhance the quality of care for oral health with tele-dental care and expand access to its services. When it comes to maternal and child health actions, there will be a focus on food security and malnutrition, and the project will coordinate with civil society and government projects to increase sustainability, strengthen communication and dissemination of results to communities, develop applications focused on the needs of users and contribute to the implementation of a telehealth hub in the region.

Beneficiary description:

The beneficiaries of this initiative are the Municipal Health Departments of six municipalities in the North of the country, serving approximately 470 thousand inhabitants, including riverine, indigenous and isolated communities in the Lower Amazonas and Tapajós, in the Brazilian states of Amazonas and Pará.

Municipalities served:

Pará: Almeirim, Jacareacanga, Prainha, Rurópolis, Santarém and Trairão.

To access the interactive map with all the municipalities supported by the Together for Health program, click here.

The project is supported by Together for Health, a BNDES initiative, in partnership with private donors, with the goal of gathering resources to expand access to public healthcare for the population in the North and Northeast regions of Brazil.

Executor

The executor of this project is the School of Public Health of USP, represented by Centro de Apoio à Faculdade de Saúde da USP (freely translated to Support Center to the School of Public Health of the University of São Paulo). This is a civil association of non-economic, non-political and non-religious purposes, under private law, for an indefinite period. Its work and mission are inextricably linked with the School of Public Health of USP (FSP-USP). CEAP-FSP was created to enable FSP-USP to act more quickly. The mission of FSP-USP is to produce and disseminate knowledge and to train people through research, teaching and excellent extension activities, contributing to the improvement of the population’s health conditions and to the formulation of public policies. To contribute to this mission, CEAP-FSP has the objectives of promoting research, teaching and extension activities; in this last aspect, it includes the support of assistance services. Since its creation in 1918, FSP-USP has played a prominent role in addressing health problems, having contributed considerably to improving the health conditions of the population.

Supporters

The National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is a federal public company linked to the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services. It is the Federal Government’s main instrument for long-term financing and investment in all segments of the Brazilian economy, with the aim of improving the lives of generations, promoting economic, social and environmental development. It operates throughout the country, from its office in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), where its activities are concentrated, with official headquarters in Brasília (DF) and regional offices in São Paulo (SP) and Recife (PE).

Umane is an independent, non-partisan and non-profit civil society organization that promotes initiatives in the field of public health with the aim of contributing to a more resolute Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) and improving the quality of life of people living in Brazil. Umane operates through three programs: Comprehensive Care for Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (DCNT), with initiatives to control risk factors, screening, expanding access to health and monitoring risk factors in Primary Health Care; Strengthening of Primary Health Care (APS) as the coordinator of care in SUS, through support for initiatives aimed at improving operations, team productivity, integration of services and the incorporation of new technologies into the health system; and the Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health program, funding programs that track and monitor unfavorable outcomes during pregnancy and health conditions of children and adolescents in the context of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases and risk factors.

Manager

IDIS – Institute for the Development of Social Investment, is a civil society organization founded in 1999 and pioneer in technical support to social investors in Brazil. With the mission to inspire, support and promote strategic philanthropy and its impact, they serve individuals, families, companies, corporate and family run institutes and foundations, as well as with civil society organizations, in actions that transform realities and contribute to the reduction of social inequality in the country. Their actions are based on the tripod of generating knowledge, offering advisory and developing social impact projects that contribute to the strengthening of the ecosystem of strategic philanthropy and of giving culture.

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