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Food Security:As a result of the "Maré Says NO to Coronavirus!" campaign in 2020, it was possible to identify more than 17,000 families experiencing food restrictions.. Emergency alternatives were presented to reduce the negative consequences of the pandemic on the food, health, and nutrition conditions of the poorest families. This included donations of food baskets and hygiene kits. As a result of this initial action, the Food Security project was consolidated, and urgent needs are addressed by the project on a weekly basis. The team also continues to systematically generate knowledge about food security in Maré and is making progress in building the Community Kitchen, which aims to produce and distribute daily meals, provide psychosocial support and influence public policies related to access to rights, with a focus on food. Since 2022, the project has been carrying out home visits and virtual services to residents via WhatsApp from Redes da Maré (+55 21 9 99924-6462).

Check out the special report "Maré Without Hunger: Food Security as a Right," conducted by the project between December 2022 and February 2023.

Vacina Maré Research:Since 2021, two cohort studies (research that follows volunteers over time) have been conducted in Maré. Around two thousand families residing in Maré, totaling just over 6,500 individuals, including children, were included in the vaccinated cohort. This study investigates topics such as vaccine effectiveness, the use of primary care in the territory, and the relationship between health and the environment. Another study, initiated in 2022, examines the consequences of COVID-19 among residents, including effects on mental health and post-COVID symptoms, and follows approximately 800 people who tested positive for the disease in 2021. You can see the research conducted so far on the dedicated website.

The research is an outgrowth of the Health Connection project, which was responsible for reducing the mortality rate by 89% in all 16 favelas of Maré, and the Vacina Maré campaign, where 36,000 residents over the age of 18 were vaccinated with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. When compared to the favelas of Rocinha, Cidade de Deus, and Mangueira, the reduction in the number of deaths in Maré was 62%, while in the other favelas, this percentage was 27%, according to data from the 44th edition of the Health Connection Bulletin.