Brazilian Healthcare System (SUSPROMEDIntroduction: In Brazil, in a joint initiative of the Ministries of Health and of Education and Culture, the Program for the Promotion of Changes in Medical School Curricula (PROMED) was created, in order to give financial support to medical schools for ...
With these opening remarks to the Congress, Roquette-Pinto called attention to the crucial role that the man-made environment plays in the “amelioration” of what he called “the biological patrimony” of Brazil’s diverse population. In his invitation to social engineering, Roquette Pinto pointed...
"The British public healthcare system historically has a very high level of management and organization," and this agreement "will allow this expertise to be exchanged," said Brazilian Health Minister Luis Henrique Mandetta at a ceremony celebrating the agreement. The minister said the fund will be...
Main reasons for medical consultations in family healthcare units in the city of Recife, Brazil: a cross-sectional study Only a few studies have focused on the main reasons for consultations at primary healthcare units within the Family Health Program. The aim here was to describe the reasons ...
There is growing recognition of the need for a One Health approach for coordinated management of disease threats affecting humans, animals, and the environment. In this Perspective, the authors discuss a roadmap for a One Health disease surveillance system focusing on the example of wastewater surve...
The Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) included half the population that was once excluded in the public health system, though these obstacles keep the coverage of primary care focused below the poverty line and with poor resolution. The conclusion drawn is that the real policy of the state ...
According to Article 199, "health care is open to private enterprises" [5]. Two health systems coexist in Brazil. One is the Uni- fied Health System (SUS), which receives public budget financing and offers universal coverage to the population. The SUS serves approximately 75% of the ...
notably in their ability to manage health care needs. While many sectors of public structures were impacted by the pandemic, it particularly highlighted shortcomings in medical care infrastructures around the world that underscored the need to reorganize medical systems, as they were vastly unprepared ...
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The intertwined relation between public and private care in Brazil is reshaping the medical profession, possibly affecting the distribution and profile of the country’s medical workforce. Physicians’ simultaneous engagement in public and private services is a common and unregulated practice in Brazil, ...