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0021/2024 - Democracy, Citizenship and Health in Brazil: challenges to strengthening the Unified Health System - SUS
Democracia, Cidadania e Saúde no Brasil: desafios para o fortalecimento do Sistema Único de Saúde - SUS

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• Cristiani Vieira Machado - Machado, C. V. - <cristiani.machado@fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9577-0301


Abstract:

The relationship between democracy, citizenship and health has shaped the Unified Health System (SUS) over the last four decades. Despite structural difficulties, conflicts between projects, and differences between moments, until 2016 there was a strengthening of democracy and the expansion of social rights. The SUS has enabled advances in access and improvements in health conditions. Between 2016 and 2022, there were significant setbacks in economic, social, and health policies. The situation has been aggravated by the multidimensional crisis associated with the COVID-19 pandemic since 2020. The work of the SUS, universities and public scientific institutions has been fundamental in tackling the crisis. From 2023 onwards, the challenges of resuming a democratic national project focused on social welfare are immense. Strengthening the SUS depends on the character of social policies and democracy, and on transformations in state-market-society relations, to overcome limits that have persisted even during progressive governments. The SUS, as a universal policy rooted in a broad concept of health and democratic values, is a fundamental pillar for consolidating a pattern of development aimed at reducing inequalities and building a more just society.

Keywords:

Democracy, Citizenship, Health, Health Policy, Health System

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Machado, C. V.. Democracy, Citizenship and Health in Brazil: challenges to strengthening the Unified Health System - SUS. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2024/Feb). [Citado em 05/11/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/democracy-citizenship-and-health-in-brazil-challenges-to-strengthening-the-unified-health-system-sus/19069?id=19069



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