The promotion of excellent public services for early childhood, as the only opportunity for children’s development. With this objective, the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) certified, this Thursday (26), 235 basic health and education units children, as ‘Primary Child Friendly Units’, in six Brazilian capitals (Belém, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, São Luís and Strength).
For Unicef's Early Childhood Officer in Brazil, Maíra Souza, “investing in comprehensive and integrated care in the first six years of life [looking together at the different aspects of child development] brings more results than at any other stage of life. life, in the sense that children develop their maximum potential”, assessed the Early Childhood Officer at Unicef in Brazil, Maíra Souza.
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In detail, of the 235 certified units, 165 are basic health units with capacity to serve a contingent of more than 213 thousand children under five years of age, in addition to more than 25 thousand pregnant women. The remaining 70 units will be dedicated to early childhood education, serving 8,000 babies and children. In total, 469 basic health units and 106 early childhood education units participated in the selection.
Improvements in indicators – Among the advances seen in the 235 certified units, Unicef highlights improvements in health indicators, especially with regard to refers to the 40.2% increase in the percentage of immunized children and 22.6% in the prevalence of children up to 6 months breastfeeding exclusive.
According to the head of Health at Unicef in Brazil, Luciana Phebo, “the partnership between the private sector, civil society and governments is fundamental to guaranteeing rights, with lasting impacts and Large scale. It is necessary to strengthen municipal public services and policies for early childhood, with a special focus on primary health care, in order to guarantee access and quality of health care for children, mothers and pregnant women.”
According to studies released by the United Nations Fund, in one year, more than 2,900 health professionals health and early childhood education received training, through the strategy ‘Unidades Amigas da Primeira Infancy'. Through online training, the category will be able to learn, in depth, the comprehensive and integrated service work of the basic services network for the early childhood, while the face-to-face modality focuses on serving children with disabilities and rare diseases and preventing violence in early childhood infancy.
