SUS, health, and democracy: challenges for Brazil Manifesto of six former Health Ministers on the 16th National Health Conference

Cien Saude Colet. 2019 Sep 26;24(10):3713-3716. doi: 10.1590/1413-812320182410.21932019. eCollection 2019.
[Article in Portuguese, English]

Abstract

In the year of the XVI National Health Conference (CNS), thirty-three years into the VIII CNS, this manifesto resumes the theme of relationships between democracy and health and warns Brazilian society about the impending risks that threaten the Unified Health System (SUS), defending our universal system as an effective instrument of health production and citizenship building.

No ano da XVI Conferência Nacional de Saúde, trinta e três anos após a VIII CNS, este manifesto retoma o tema das relações entre democracia e saúde, e adverte a sociedade brasileira para os riscos que ameaçam o SUS, defendendo nosso sistema universal como instrumento efetivo de produção de saúde e construção de cidadania.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Brazil
  • Delivery of Health Care / organization & administration*
  • Health Policy*
  • Humans
  • National Health Programs / organization & administration*