From Lagoa do Boi Morto to Barragem da Toldinha: Water as a central element for the construction of sustainable and healthy territories in the Middle Jequitinhonha

ABSTRACT

This article is based on the reflections and experiences provoked from the project ‘Quilombola Communities and COVID-19: Development of social technologies for health promotion in the Médio Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais’. In this sense, we will discuss the processes of implementation of social technologies in the Quilombola Communities Córrego do Rocha and Córrego do Narciso, as well as the results achieved, their importance in the implementation of affirmative and reparative policies in the quilombola population and, finally, on the beginning of the consolidation of a sustainable and healthy territory within the scope of the quilombola communities of Vale do Jequitinhonha.

KEYWORDS
Quilombola communities; Equity; Public health; Environmental health; Health education.