Nutrición, base del desarrollo sustentable para el municipio Andrés Eloy Blanco del Estado Lara, Venezuela: creando cultura para vivir en salud

Background

In the Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality (AEBM), Lara State, malnutrition is not perceived as a public health problem, although it was the municipality where: the first case of Kwashiorkor was described, the first center for nutritional recovery was founded and the locality where the First National Conference on Nutrition in Primary Assistance took place. The Universidad Centroccidental “Lisandro Alvarado” (UCLA) develops the project “nutrition, basis of the sustainable development for the AEBM: it was creating culture for to live in health” whose aim is to reach the sustainable development of the AEBM by using the nutrition as a base for that development.

Methods

The goals reached by the project in the promotion of the sustainable development of the municipality by the integration and participation of communities, the UCLA and other institutions in the cooperative working are presented. A joint diagnosis is made, it is prioritized, a problem is chosen and a community project is made, monitoring its development until the problem is solved.

Results

The project solves health problems by team work, community participation and integration, producing changes in the lifestyles of the population and improving the quality of live of the participating communities.

Conclusion

The project: “nutrition, sustainable development for the State municipality Andrés Eloy Blanco base Lara, Venezuela: creating culture to live in health” is achieving the sustainable development of the communities of the MAEB which are participating in it.