The air we breathe, the water are two public areas of intervention of the project to the environment and health clinic that the University Fernando Pessoa (UFP) is preparing to launch in the course of this month, in Ponte de Lima. The start of another project clinic not the end of the initiative said that since 2003, the UFP dedicated to oral health and public and which already amounted to 34,603 screenings poorest people.
The public health clinic project, covering the control of cholesterol, blood glucose and blood pressure, oral hygiene, medical tests and speech therapy, has been initiated in the district of Viana do Castelo and spent the last year for four counties in the district of Braga. The project manager, Jacinto Durães, makes an overall "highly positive".
In the district of Braga, where the project covered the counties of Guimaraes, Braga, Vila Verde and Fafe, 4784 surveys were conducted. "We meet people that we sought, but also schools, nurseries and homes for the elderly" said Jacinto Durães, which believes that with this project, the University gives a signal that "wants to reach people."
The areas are the most sought medical tests and health (cholesterol and glucose), as well as monitoring blood pressure, describes the project manager of the clinic. "We found many people with high cholesterol and blood glucose, blood pressure and the" points. For all institutions and educational establishments covered, was sent a report on the conditions encountered. In addition to the populations, the project involved hundreds of students of nursing, medical tests, dental care and speech.
After the district of Braga, in the academic year 2005/6, the project followed to Baião. Jacinto Durães ensures that the public health clinic "is to continue", in partnership with local authorities. "Given how important it is, the public health clinic project is claimed by other parts of the country" refers one responsible.
During the month of August last year, a team of graduates in dentistry, nursing, physiotherapy and medical tests was in Angola. The graduates of UFP have the technical training in these areas of health (282 in total) and had traces of oral hygiene and medical tests at two hospitals and two health centers.
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