JBS is financing the operation of telehealth outposts in remote Amazon communities
31 | 01 | 2022
The social responsibility program of JBS, Fazer o Bem Faz Bem – Alimentando o Mundo com Solidariedade (Doing Good Does Good – Feeding the World with Solidarity), has donated R$ 2 million to healthcare actions for tacking the pandemic and in healthcare initiatives in the Amazon. Around 5,600 people living far-removed from the health services in urban centers are benefiting from the “SUS na Floresta” (Public Health in the Forest) project coordinated by the Sustainable Amazon Foundation (FAS).
“Besides provides healthcare services to the population at this sensitive time we are facing, the project is leaving a permanent legacy for the communities that have limited access to healthcare services. This donation enables us to contribute to adapting the healthcare system to the reality of those living in the region”, contends Fernando Meller, Doing Good Does Good program manager.
The resources donated by the Doing Good Does Good program were channeled to operating 62 telehealth outposts for rural communities in the Amazon, attending to 25 municipalities in all. The donation also covers the training of healthcare agents by running remote training courses given by 150 instructors in issues such as healthcare, hygiene and food safety. 555 agents will be trained from among the communities and indigenous peoples to attend to remote communities, while another 25 community healthcare agents will be trained in maternal and pediatric healthcare.
In addition, the resources will facilitate access to urgent and emergency transport services at the municipal centers by providing eight thousand liters of fuel for emergency motorboat ambulance transportation – aluminum canoes equipped with gurneys needed for transporting patients through the rivers and streams and used by community healthcare agents to visit families in the region – in 20 rural communities.
“Donations like those of JBS are important because they enable action on three fundamental fronts in the healthcare service: installing and operating telehealth outposts, facilitating access to means of transportation in order to attend to the population, in addition to training healthcare professionals”, contends Luiz Castro, coordinator “Saúde na Floresta” (Healthcare in the Forest) program of the FAS.
The support of JBS also encourages interaction among strategic municipalities within the Amazon to strengthen the implementation of the SUS (the Brazilian Public Health System) in the region by developing nine operating action plans. It also contributes to the enhancement of public healthcare policies for those residing in remote areas.
Escrito por: Oxigenweb