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0288/2025 - SOCIAL PARTICIPATION TO ENSURE PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES IN BRAZIL
PARTICIPAÇÃO SOCIAL E CONSOLIDAÇÃO DA ASSISTÊNCIA FARMACÊUTICA NO BRASIL

Author:

• Gustavo Vasconcelos Bittencourt Cabral - Cabral, GVB - <gustavovbc@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3761-0919

Co-author(s):

• Allan Nuno Alves de Souza - Souza, ANA - <alnunos@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8689-1347


Abstract:

The National Policy on Pharmaceutical Services (PNAF) is consolidated through historical and regulatory milestones that ensured its inclusion in the government agenda. Using Kingdon's multiple streams model, this study describes how Health Conferences, Laws 8.080 and 8.142 of 1990, the National Medicines Policy, and the 1st National Conference on Medicines and Pharmaceutical Services led to PNAF’s approval by the National Health Council (CNS). The study conducts a documentary analysis of the proposals approved at the 17th National Health Conference, identifying the strategic axes of PNAF with emphasis on social participation. The multiple streams model is used to correlate decisions and issues identified throughout the policy formulation process, highlighting how PNAF was structured and the influences of civil society. The sustainability of pharmaceutical services in Unified Health System (SUS) is the result of effective social participation, with the CNS being the key instance for this achievement, ensuring the continuity of pharmaceutical services as a public policy. The approved proposals reflect the commitment to the universalization and improvement of access to essential medicines, which are vital for the health of the brazilians.

Keywords:

National Policy on Pharmaceutical Services. Health Conferences. Social participation. Unified Health System.

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