Teenage pregnancy fell 20% in seven years. Report points that have been saved 26 thousand children’s lives in a decade.
report released by the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), on the last day 25, reveals the progress achieved by Brazil in the health care of children and adolescents. The document highlights achievements in extending assistance to this population, as the continuing decline of infant mortality (up to nine years of age) in the country. Between 1998 and 2008, were saved 26 thousand lives of Brazilian children, says Unicef.
in accordance with the entity, the Brazil finds itself in a level of prominence in relation to assistance to adolescents. By projections of IBGE, Brazil currently has 34 million Brazilians between 10 and 19 years. About 70% of these young people are users of the single health system and benefit of actions and policies of SUS, as family health strategy
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In 2009, more than 8.4 million students (including children and adolescents) of 695 Brazilian cities were benefited by the actions of the family health Program. The goal for this year is to reach 23.5 million students benefited
by the strategy.
advances in adolescent health Brazilians have been obtained by means of integrated and coordinated actions by the federal Government – performed in SUS, in partnership with States and municipalities. The Ministry of health works with focus on health promotion and prevention of wrongs. This articulation involves not only young people but also their family members, educators, healthcare professionals and caregivers, qualifying the assistance and promoting behavior changes that contribute to the reduction of vulnerabilities combined with the improvement of social indicators of health.
result of this effort is that the reduction of teen pregnancy fell 20% in the country, between 2003 and 2009. This downward trend has been observed since the beginning of the
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according to experts of the Ministry of health, the reduction is directly linked to the strengthening of family planning and prevention actions and the extension of access to contraceptive methods and on the public network to the programme Here Has accredited drugstore Pharmacy Popular.
