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The '''Monte Azul Medical-Therapeutic Health Center''' provides [[Integrative medicine|integrative]] and [[Anthroposophic medicine|anthroposophic medical]] care in the [[Associação Comunitária Monte Azul]], especially to the local, low-income population.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web| language = pt-br| title = Ambulatório Médico Terapêutico – Associação Comunitária Monte Azul| accessdate = 2022-09-21| url = https://www.monteazul.org/pt-br/portfolio/ambulatorio/}}</ref> The multidisciplinary team has about 30 professionals, half of whom are volunteers. It says it provided more than 10,000 medical, therapeutic, and nursing consultations in 2019, 64% of which were free of charge.<ref name=":0" />

Residents of the region pay a token fee for consultations, and to subsidize these services, the clinic offers private consultations to the general public at a price lower than what is customary in anthroposophical institutions.<ref name=":0" />

== Therapeutic spectrum<ref name=":0" /> ==

* Consultations: General medicine, gynecology, pediatrics, psychiatry, psychology, dentistry, physiotherapy and speech therapy.
* Nursing interventions.
* Therapies: External therapies, [[Wikipedia:Art therapy|art therapy]], [[rhythmic massage]], [[eurythmy therapy]] and [[biographical counseling]].
* Lectures open to the public with health professionals.
* Self-help groups.

== History ==
The medical-therapeutic outpatient clinic, founded in 1979, is the result of an initiative by Michael Blaich, an anthroposophic physician, who accepted the invitation of [[Ute Craemer]] and the staff of [[Monte Azul]] to create a therapeutic and medical movement in the favela, which at that time had no access to public health services. The first headquarters of the therapeutic center, a wooden building, was constructed by residents of the community. In 1985, the new headquarters, made of masonry, was inaugurated and remains today. Since 2016, as part of a partnership with the Unified Health System, assistant doctors from the national health service SUS (Sistema Único de Saúde) have accompanied the clinic's daily routine, learning [[Anthroposophic medicine|anthroposophic medical]] practices as well.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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[[Category:Therapeutic center]]
[[Category:Brazil]]
[[Category:Integrative medicine]]
[[Category:Anthroposophic medicine]]
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