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metadata.dc.type: | Artigo de Periódico |
Title: | Health conditions and health-policy innovations in Brazil: the way forward |
Other Titles: | The Lancet |
Authors: | Victora, César Gomes Barreto, Mauricio Lima Leal, Maria do Carmo Monteiro, Carlos A. Schmidt, Maria Inês Paim, Jairnilson Silva Bastos, Francisco Inácio Almeida, Célia Bahia, Ligia Travassos, Claudia Maria de Rezende Reichenheim, Michael Barros, Fernando Celso Lopes Fernandes de |
metadata.dc.creator: | Victora, César Gomes Barreto, Mauricio Lima Leal, Maria do Carmo Monteiro, Carlos A. Schmidt, Maria Inês Paim, Jairnilson Silva Bastos, Francisco Inácio Almeida, Célia Bahia, Ligia Travassos, Claudia Maria de Rezende Reichenheim, Michael Barros, Fernando Celso Lopes Fernandes de |
Abstract: | Brazil is a large complex country that is undergoing rapid economic, social, and environmental change. In this Series of six articles, we have reported important improvements in health status and life expectancy, which can be ascribed largely to progress in social determinants of health and to implementation of a comprehensive national health system with strong social participation. Many challenges remain, however. Socioeconomic and regional disparities are still unacceptably large, refl ecting the fact that much progress is still needed to improve basic living conditions for a large proportion of the population. New health problems arise as a result of urbanisation and social and environmental change, and some old health issues remain unabated. Administration of a complex, decentralised public-health system, in which a large share of services is contracted out to the private sector, together with many private insurance providers, inevitably causes confl ict and contradiction. The challenge is ultimately political, and we conclude with a call for action that requires continuous engagement by Brazilian society as a whole in securing the right to health for all Brazilian people. |
Keywords: | Social Conditions Health Status Health Policy Health Systems |
URI: | http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/3068 |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
Appears in Collections: | Artigo Publicado em Periódico Estrangeiro (ISC) |
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