With the aim of promoting healthy habits and lifestyles, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection carries out actions to encourage physical activity, healthy eating and control of tobacco consumption, thus seeking to promote healthy lifestyles and reduce the risk factors of obesity and non-transmissible diseases.
Open Doors School: pedagogical strategy that seeks to promote healthy lifestyles in schooled and non-schooled environments and contribute to the strengthening of the identity of distant, dispersed educational communities located in areas of violence and invites children, girls, young people, teachers, parents and others in the community to explore, share, debate and continue building the knowledge of those who inhabit their territory. The International Organization for Migration has developed the pedagogical strategy in the departments of Caquetá, Cauca, Nariño and Córdoba, and the Ministry of Health and Social Protection has supported the development of the initiative in the department of Putumayo.
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