UNNE-SALUD, is a Central Program of the Universidad Nacional del Nordeste University coordinated by the General University Extension office, which began its activities at the end of 2008.

The objective of the Program is to act directly to the health care of the most vulnerable groups of people and the greatest social disadvantages. From an integral approach that affects not only the quality of life but also generates a change in the way of conceiving one's reality.

The importance of developing a Health Program coordinated by the General University Extension lies in the fact that the Extension is the quintessential link between the university community and society, and that the feedback that arises from this link will generate a proposal for change that may ultimately have an impact not only on improving the quality of life in the region but also on generating a commitment to solidarity in shaping a different reality from a comprehensive humanistic framework with the active participation of different social actors. The social responsibility of the university implies much more than specific activities for certain beneficiaries, it implies preparing a comprehensive action plan that includes not only the early detection of diseases, treatment and rehabilitation, but also implies understanding "health as a whole" where the appreciation of the human being through their participation in social change is the tool that leads to a better quality of life in the region.

Program objectives

• A comprehensive Health Approach.
• An interdisciplinary and cross-sectional work.
• Active participation of the community with the different social actors.
• Greater involvement in extension activities.
• Setting a social model of human appreciation.
• Making a direct contribution to the academic training of the participants.

GOALS

• GENERAL OBJECTIVE: Improve the quality of life of vulnerable populations in the region, mainly in those places where UNNE has its Regional Centers.

• SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
• Identifying, in the town halls including within the Program, the specific areas of intervention for the different lines of action.
• Promoting the UNNE Health Program at the Municipal, Provincial and Regional levels.
• Panning the implementation of the Program with the responsible people for the lines of action and the town hall leaders together.
• Giving priority to the lines of action to be implemented according to local realities in each of the places.
• Executing the actions foreseen in the prioritized lines of action at the regional level.
• Monitoring the development of the Programs and the fulfillment of the established actions.
• Proposing adjustments and changes to the lines of action based on the information gathered in the monitoring and the feedback that arises with the work of the people involved.
• Evaluating the results of the lines of action.

Receptors

• Indigenous Communities
• Poor neighborhoods
• Rural areas.
• Community kitchens.
• Schools
• Vulnerable groups

Intervening Actors

• Careers: Medicine, Nursing, Kinesiology, Dentistry, Biochemistry, and Veterinary Medicine. And the Sports and quality of life area.
• Technical team of 200 people: Professionals, teachers and students and technical staff.
• Governmental organizations
• Non-governmental organizations

The program covers the provinces of Chaco and Corrientes.

Some of the activities carried out since the beginning of the Program

• Training of Promoters in Nutrition, Obesity, Diabetes, Dengue fever, Influenza, Reproductive Health, Addictions, First Aid, and Parasitism, among other topics, in towns in the Provinces of Chaco and Corrientes.
• Addiction Prevention Workshops in primary, secondary schools and community centers, aimed at children, youth and adults, using for each age group, a different approach methodology, printed and audiovisual material, in cities and towns in Chaco and Corrientes.
• A series of stands were made for the World Health Day, dengue fever, influenza A, Good Eating Habits. Talks, pressure taking, blood glucose measurement, weight and height, body mass index, etc. were carried out. in Resistencia and Corrientes squares.
• Dental Education talks were held for children, parents and teachers, using for each group, a different approach methodology, printed and audiovisual material, with delivery of toothbrushes in Resistencia, Goya, Empedrado, Paso de los Libres, Itatí, Empedrado, General Pinedo, Colonia Aborigen, San Bernardo, and other locations.
• Anaemia and parasitism prevention talks were held in Resistencia, Miraflores, Barranqueras, Colonia Aborigen, San Bernardo, Goya, Paso de los Libres, Empedrado, Mburucuya, San Lorenzo.
• We participated in the First Conference on Kidney Disease in Underprivileged Populations in the Latin American Southern part.
• Health stands for World Kidney Day where blood glucose, height and weight, blood pressure measurement services were carried out in Resistencia.
• Health Stand in the framework of the Mega Course of Cardio-respiratory-pulmonary resuscitation, where electrocardiograms, blood pressure measurements, and blood glucose measurements were made in the city of Resistencia.
• An active search for cases of Visceral Leishmaniasis, PREVENTION TALKS
• They vaccinated (rabies and antiparasitic) in Chaco and Corrientes.
• Talks about Trash, and a smoke-free environment.
• HIV prevention
• Sports and recreational activities for health promotion
• Talks on Obstructive Lung Diseases in the city of Corrientes.
• Detection of COPD through spirometry, surveys, prevention activities in squares, walks and avenues of Corrientes.
• Obesity Prevention Day.
• Walk for Life: Fight Against Breast Cancer: in the pedestrian Street in Corrientes and Resistencia.
• Pan-American Day of Dentistry: Dental Education Day: dramatization, delivery of toothbrushes, talks, delivery of informative brochures, and musical shows.

Institutions with which activities were jointly coordinated

Lalcec Resistencia, Asociación Colonia Aborigen, Chaco, Casa Garrham Chaco Foundation, Ciudad Limpia Foundation, Renal Foundation of Northeast Argentina, Escuela Hospitalaria y Domiciliaria, Nº3 “Dr. Ricardo Gutiérrez ”,“ Barrilete ”Institute of Special Education, ACHASODIA, Schools, Community kitchen Primero de Mayo in Resistencia, Casa de Misericordia Evangelical Church, Barranqueras, and other civil society organizations.

Places where activities were carried out and continue to be carried out

Chaco: Resistencia, Puerto Tirol, Barranqueras, Gral. Pinedo, J.J. Castelli, San Bernardo, Puerto Bermejo, Gral. Vedia, Pcia. De la Plaza, Colonia Aborigen, Puerto Tirol, Antequeras, among others.

Corrientes: Corrientes, Empedrado, Paso de la Patria, Bella Vista, Santa Lucía, Goya, Esquina, San Lorenzo, Mercedes, Mburucuyá, Ituzaingó, among others.

General Coordination UNNE-SALUD Program
Dr. Sebastián Dellange