Buenos Aires has a free and high quality public health system, which is available to all the inhabitants of the territory whenever they need it. For more than a decade, part of our goal has been to constantly innovate in health matters in order to incorporate technological modernizations and to contemplate the changes in the environment. Today, climate change has brought along strong threats to people's health, so our purpose is to provide them with a health system capable of dealing with this type of diseases and afflictions.
In 2006, we created the Environmental Health Department in order to respond to health issues generated by environmental conditions such as: air quality, noise pollution and those adverse weather conditions enhanced by climate change. Within this context, we developed the Health Program for the Elderly to assist the elderly as a vulnerable group in the face of strong heat waves caused by climate change. These actions were complemented with heat-wave awareness campaigns and the inauguration of “Estaciones Saludables” (Health Stations). These stations are located in strategic points of the City, such as parks and squares, and are aimed at promoting a conscious diet and healthy habits that collaborate with the reduction of obesity and overweight.
Three years later, we fulfilled the commitment to ensure that all people living in the City have access to a Health Center less than 15 minutes away by public transport. This was possible thanks to the expansion and improvement of the network of Health and Community Action Centers (CeSACs). Likewise, we also managed to include the Electronic Health Record in all the CeSACs of the City.
Do you know the CeSACs in your neighborhood?
Did you know that 661,289 people were treated at the health stations during 2019?
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