Author:

• José Francisco Nogueira Paranaguá de Santana - Paranaguá-de-Santana, J.F.N - <jparanagua@gmail.com, nethis.publica@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0217-4509

Co-author(s):

• José Agenor Alvares da SIlva - SIlva, J.A.A - <agenoralvares@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8810-5066
• Gerson Oliveira Penna - Penna, G.O - <gerson.penna@fiocruz.br>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8967-536X
• Rafael Santos Gonçalves de Assis Morais - Morais, R.S.G.A - <rafaelsgam@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9497-5671
• Roberto passos Nogueira - Nogueira, R.P - <rpassosnog@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7775-6955
• Cecília de Almeida Lopes - Lopes, C.A - <cilopes0311@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7436-7337
• Eduardo Hage Carmo - Carmo, E.H - <ehcarmo@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6343-9967
• Manoel de Araújo Amorim - Amorim, M.A - <manoel.amorim@fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7214-2476
• Roberta De Freitas Campos - Roberta, R.F. - <roberta.freitas@fiocruz.br, defreitasroberta@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1495-4804

Abstract:

This article discusses questions concerning the future of humanity in the face of threats to the health
of populations, whose impact has been exacerbated in the course of inequalities in all parts of the
world, pari passu with global development in the hegemonized model since last century. The
COVID-19 pandemic is a good example that illustrates this dissonance between development and
inequalities. Questions were formulated to be debated about the construction of the future of world
society, based on the understanding of the evolutionary character of life on the planet vis-à-vis the
evils that affect large contingents of the population and represent powerful risks for this
evolutionary process. These questions call attention to the discussion around social participation in
the definition and control of public policies, as opposed to the hegemony of private interests in the
formulation and execution of these policies, both in the scenarios of each country and in the
international context.

Keywords:

Development, evolution, health and disease, inequality, social participation.

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