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The Santos Dumont Institute is pleased to announce that the project “The Art of Being Born”, developed by the Anita Garibaldi Center for Education and Research in Health, is one of the six winners of the “Projects That Work Competition”, promoted annually by Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER) to recognize work that has been successful beyond initial implementation and has had a significant and positive impact on health and the community. Dr. Carolina Araújo Damásio Santos, an infectious disease specialist at the Anita Garibaldi Center for Health Education and Research, who represents the project, will be sponsored by FAIMER to participate in the conference The Network: Towards Unity for Health (TUFH), to be held from September 12 to 16 in Gauteng Province, South Africa. On the occasion, the winners will discuss their work during a panel session, with the aim of sharing with the conference participants the factors that contributed to the success and sustainability of their projects.

The Art of Being Born is an intervention project in the area of maternal and child health, integrating teaching, research and extension actions aimed at humanizing care and providing comprehensive care to pregnant women who use the Anita Garibaldi Center for Education and Research in Health, through recreational activities involving art in its different manifestations. This is a successful interprofessional education strategy, including students from the medicine, psychology, physiotherapy and law courses at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte.

The 2015 winners of the “Projects That Work Competition” are:

The Art of Being Born

Carolina Araujo Damásio Santos, Brazil

Diabetes Management in Rural Communities: Student Nurses Make a Difference Using Point-of-Care Testing

Aminkeng Zawuo Leke, Cameroon

Hygiene and Water Sanitation

Eric Rucogoza, Rwanda

Improving Health of Women in Garment Industries through Needs Assessment and Peer Health Education

Suvetha Kannappan, India

Sustaining Positive Change in MDG 4 and 5 through Building of “Village Aarogya Banks” in Rural and Tribal India

Vidyadhar Balkrishna Bangal, India

Using Service Learning to Develop Social Responsibility in Students and Improve Health of Women through Improved Health Literacy Action

Rukhsana Ayub Aslam, Pakistan

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