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0023/2024 - Àgô Sankofa: um olhar sobre a trajetória da Doença Falciforme no Brasil nos últimos vinte anos

Author:

• Clarice Santos Mota - Mota, C. S. - <motaclarice@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: 0000-0002-5168-7004

Co-author(s):

• Altair dos Santos Lira - Lira, A. dos S. - <altairlira@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9806-1538
• Maria Candida Alencar de Queiroz - Queiroz, M. C. A. - <candidaqueiroz97@gmail.com>
ORCID: 0000-0001-9030-2122
• Marcia Pereira Alves dos Santos - Santos, M. P. A. - <dramarciaalves@ufrj.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0349-8521


Abstract:

Sickle cell disease (SCD) represents an emblematic case of historical health neglect in Brazil. This article has made a historical course up to the current days and reflects how institutional racism produces health inequities by showing delay in the implementation of health policies aimed at people with sickle cell disease, often concealed in (in)actions and omissions by the public power. The lack of commitment to implement the recommendations of the Brazilian Ministry of Health, such as neonatal screening, the lack of resource allocation, the difficulty in incorporating technologies for health care resultthis modus operandi. The advances and setbacks in programmatic actions, as well as the constant pressure on the various governmental entities, have characterized the reported saga of the last twenty years. The present text disserted on the policies aimed at people with SCD, appropriating the Sankofa symbol meaning in it is only possible to build the present by remembering past mistakes. In this sense, it recognizes the achievements and invests in this historical moment, as a concrete possibility of advancing and achieving the longed-for comprehensive care for people with SCD. Despite the countless challenges the current political scenario presents, it concludes that hope is already tangible.

Keywords:

Anemia, Sickle Cell; Black Population; Systemic Racism; Health Policy

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Mota, C. S., Lira, A. dos S., Queiroz, M. C. A., Santos, M. P. A.. Àgô Sankofa: um olhar sobre a trajetória da Doença Falciforme no Brasil nos últimos vinte anos. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2024/Feb). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/ago-sankofa-um-olhar-sobre-a-trajetoria-da-doenca-falciforme-no-brasil-nos-ultimos-vinte-anos/19071



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