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0148/2018 - Environmental health risk reduction in Brazil: Conquests, limits and obstacles.
Conquistas, limites e obstáculos à redução de riscos ambientais à saúde nos 30 anos do Sistema Único de Saúde.

Author:

• Carlos Machado de Freitas - Freitas, C.M - <carlos.freitas@ensp.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6626-9908

Co-author(s):

• Vania Rocha - Rocha, Vania - Rio de Janeiro, , RJ - <vaniarocha@globomail.com>
• Eliane Lima Silva - Silva, EL - <elianelima26@gmail.com>
• Mariano Andrade Silva - Silva, MA - <marianoandradesilva@gmail.com>
• Maíra Lopes Mazoto - Mazoto, M.L - <mairamazoto@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5650-9402


Abstract:

The Constitution of 1988 represented important achievements of rights around a project of a country with a model of socioeconomic development oriented towards the reduction of risk of diseases and an ecologically balanced environment. These achievements were manifested in the policies, institutionalization and creation of institutional spaces for the participation of society. The aim objective of this article is to situate achievements and also the limits and obstacles in the health and environment agenda expressed in these 30 years of Unified Health System. The achievements are based on the expansion of the institutional spaces of society’s participation of the society and institutionalization in the SUS of the themes related to environmental risks. The limits are based on the relationship between development and environmental risk patterns present at the global, regional, local and community levels. Lastly, the obstacles are pointed out, whichthe parliamentary coup in 2016, not only accentuated the already existing limits, but also has produced setbacks in several areas related to environmental health.

Keywords:

Environmental health; environmental risk reduction; health risk reduction; sustainable development; Unified Health System

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Freitas, C.M, Rocha, Vania, Silva, EL, Silva, MA, Mazoto, M.L. Environmental health risk reduction in Brazil: Conquests, limits and obstacles.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/Mar). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/environmental-health-risk-reduction-in-brazil-conquests-limits-and-obstacles/16681



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