Contribute to improving the health of the socioeconomically vulnerable population by promoting health, well-being, quality of life and capacity building of local professionals.
Children and Youth
Deprived Adults
Guinea-Bissau since 2005
Cape Verde since 2005
Sao Tome and Principe since 2013
Mozambique since 2015
Prevention
Training
Health care
Investigation
Number of beneficiaries: 112,391
Number of treatments: 22,189
Number of dental medical screenings: 46,500
Number of brushes and toothpastes distributed: 66,113
Number of awareness lectures: 1,851
Number of volunteers: 208
Promoting the health, well-being and quality of life to the disadvantaged population in Guinea-Bissau
2005
Start of construction of a social medical clinic;
Medical-dental consultations in the outpatient clinic;
Lectures on health promotion and education and healthy lifestyles;
Oral tests and topical application of fluoride;
To promote an improvement in the oral health status of users of Aldeia SOS and its partner institutions in Mindelo, in the island of S. Vicente.
2005
MAIN ACTIVITIES
Medical-dental consultations;
Lectures on health promotion and hygiene care;
Oral screening;
Distribution of toothbrush and toothpaste;
Donation of medical supplies;
Contribute to the improvement of the health of the socio-economically vulnerable Sao Tome population by promoting health, well-being and quality of life, and strengthening the technical skills of professionals.
2013
Medical-dental consultations;
Oral health promotion lectures;
Oral screening;
Topical application of fluoride;
Distribution of toothbrush and toothpaste;
Donation of medical supplies;
Contribute to improving the health of the socioeconomically vulnerable population in Macia by promoting health, well-being and quality of life and strengthening the technical skills of local professionals.
2015
Medical-dental consultations;
Health promotion and oral health lectures;
Oral screening;
Topical application of fluoride;
Distribution of toothbrush and toothpaste;
Donation of medical supplies;
Training of teachers and young mothers.
Pilot Mission to gather information on the reality of access to water, local indicators of public health and meteorology.
Around 52 thousand inhabitants of 18 neighborhoods in Macia region of Mozambique.
2017
Macia, Mozambique
Identification and mapping of the main sources of water destined to the public supply in Macia;
Collection of water samples and local analysis of the samples for the purpose of evaluating the physical, chemical and microbiological quality and their compatibility for human consumption;
Collection of health indicators in the Local Health Center (Hospital), highlighting the monthly and multi-annual variation of the main pathologies (HIV, malaria, gastrointestinal and respiratory diseases including TB);
Collection of multi-annual meteorological data data (Temperature and Rainfall).
Number of neighborhoods: 18
Number of samples: 33
Number of samples with fecal contamination: 25
