THE PRIMEIRA INFÂNCIA MELHOR PROGRAM

The need for social distance the pandemic caused posed enormous challenges for us to find alternatives for continuing early childhood development work in the state. The Primeira Infância Melhor (Portuguese for Better Early Childhood – PIM) Program aligned with the Criança Feliz Program are considered as essential programs linked to Primary Health Care and Basic Social Protection, respectively, in the State of RS. They have sought alternatives to maintain their actions in the territories since the beginning of the Pandemic, coordinating with the other network services and helping families and communities to overcome the resulting adversities. I congratulate each and every one of the visitors who reorganized themselves in their family intervention strategies, which allowed the visitors to maintain the bond and individualized attention. Congratulations to the awarded visitors.

Arita Bergmann

Rio Grande do Sul (RS) State Secretary of Health Primeira

PIM has faced transformations in how it organizes its operations, given the need to ensure that everyone has access to essential services above all others. For the PIM, the period has been one of overcoming for the municipal teams to maintain family monitoring, a challenge with additional carefulness to ensure caregiving is provided with individualized plans for children and expectant mothers, without any of them failing to receive attention. Congratulations to the visitors for their dedication to adopting different practices to ensure early childhood rights, we are all very proud. ”

Gisele Mariuse da Silva