Operação Acolhida Operation Welcome

PHOTOS ARY ROGERIO SILVA This work takes place through Operation Acolhida, which is an organized response by the Brazilian government in partnership with PAHO and other international organizations and Brazilian institutions. Operação Acolhida involves actions at the border, welcoming, protecting and internalizing migrants and refugees, offering assistance from the first contact. The municipality of Pacaraima is approximately 200 kilometers from the capital of Roraima, Boa Vista. In both locations, Operação Acolhida offers shelters equipped to guarantee food, safety and health. These shelters have specific spaces for groups in vulnerable situations, such as indigenous people, LGBTQIAPN+, elderly people and people with disabilities. As soon as they arrive, migrants undergo a health screening, receiving the vaccines provided for in the Brazilian Vaccination Calendar through the SUS. They also have access to all health services in the country, including Primary Care, with prenatal care, diagnosis and treatment of communicable diseases, among other health care, both in Boa Vista and in its next destinations, which are defined in the internalization process.