53) Prevention in middle school, well beyond the oral health

Prefecture of Mogi Mirim, state of S. Paulo, Brazil - The Prefecture of Mogi Mirim, through the departments of Education and Health, launched on the afternoon of Wednesday, day 4, two social projects that will benefit about 10 thousand students enrolled in the network of municipal education.

One is the program Good vision is Quality of Life, which promote tests of visual acuity, eye consultations and delivery of frame for free for students who can not pay. The other is the programme of Oral Health.

The launch of the two projects was held in Emef (the Municipal School of Education Foundation) Dona Sinhazinha. "Besides offering the process of teaching learning, the school is required to also educate students about the personal and oral hygiene check the visual health of these children," said the mayor Nelson Carlos Bueno.

The program Good Quality of Life Vision is already applied test of visual acuity in 4,500 students from the 1 st to 4 th series of elementary school. In 639 children were diagnosed some kind of problem. Now, the children will pass through a doctor ophthalmologist. The care of these students will be done through an effort, which still has no date, but it should happen by the end of the month. The visual tests continue in kindergartens and schools for Children's Education. The program has the support of the ACCB (Civil Association Citizenship Brazil), which will provide 500 frames of glasses. Students who need special lenses also have support from the municipality.

Oral Health Program had already being applied in the network of municipal education. It is now, more intensified. Each student received a kit with his name that will be of use individual. Children who have not yet started the process of literacy will have their photos pasted in the kit for identification. A team of the Department of Health, with the help of fantoches will visit all schools of the network to teach students the correct way to clean the teeth. The goal is to reduce the incidence of caries in the municipality.

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