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Editorial: A new initiative


Thomaz Chianca, CEDROS Network Executive Secretary
This special issue of CEDROS Network Bulletin is dedicated to presenting the final results of the first meeting of the dental component of the UNI Program - A New Initiative in Education of Health Professions: Union with the Community. This meeting took place in the cities of Tucuman and Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 2-5, 1993.

The UNI Program is a new strategy sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation which aims to contribute to the development of local health systems, utilizing better coordination and integration to produce permanent and effective health care delivery systems which are available to all. This strategy is based on the integration of efforts between educational and health services institutions, with a fundamental and indispensable partnership with representative entities of the user population.

Its involvement in the development of local health care models, including the training of health professionals and the shaping of community participation, makes the UNI Program a work strategy in keeping with prioritized activities of the CEDROS Network. Thus, many of the Network's present or future efforts may enrich various UNI Projects and vice versa. This accounts for the efforts on both parts to bring their respective experiences closer. Apart from its length, this Special Issue of the Bulletin is unique in its inclusion of a Spanish version, which should facilitate wider dissemination throughout Latin America.

The main purpose of this issue is to provide institutions and professionals of other countries with basic information on the projects developed in Latin America by the UNI Program. We hope that this information will work as an incentive for the exchange of knowledge in and between countries, creating positive perspectives toward health and professional training systems, and ultimately contributing to the improvement of health conditions in the population.


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