Processo de construção do Programa Nacional de Acesso à Água Potável em Terras Indígenas (PNATI)

Abstract

Feco-oral diseases account for the largest number of notifications of morbidities recorded in the Indigenous Health Care Information System (SIASI), with diarrhea being the third cause of infant mortality, caused mainly by inadequate sanitation and hygiene conditions, which motivated the construction of the National Program for Access to Potable Water in Indigenous Lands (PNATI), which aims to universalize access to potable water in indigenous communities to provide water in adequate quantity and quality and contribute to improving the health of this population. The objective is to implement new water supply systems and repair existing ones, mobilizing government resources and strategic partners. The PNATI implementation methodology has actions planned for the next 20 years and intends, based on the improvement of the internal management of the Special Indigenous Sanitary Districts, to expand the control of water quality, carry out training on infrastructure management and the connection between water, sanitation and public health for system operators and the indigenous population. The program started in 2022 and is already showing the first results through training in some communities in the north of the country, promoting dialogue between indigenous peoples, health and sanitation professionals.