Researcher Leonardo Mattos describes how the private sector is infiltrating the public healthcare system in Brazil, fragmenting care provision.

Latin American epidemiologist Jaime Breilh discusses the role of public health and science in a capitalist world.

Mexico launches a national plan to expand domestic drug production and move toward a free, universal, and public healthcare system.

As the Colombian government pushes to build a public healthcare model, private companies are blocking reforms and restricting access to treatments

US cuts to partnerships threaten health research and impact Brazil’s universities, with researchers encouraging Global South cooperation

During visits to the USSR, Brazilian health workers witnessed a universal healthcare system with modern technology and well-paid staff, sparking public health debates at home

Research reveals alarming data on the worsening conditions faced by nurses in Brazil: falling wages and increased precarization push many to work up to 80 hours a week

In the second part of Outra Saúde’s analysis of deteriorating working conditions faced by nurses in Brazil, the focus shifts to examine external drivers of the crisis

A health administrator from Rio Grande do Sul analyzes the state’s situation and sees a lack of coordination and the risk of misusing public funds in the upcoming municipal elections

A recent inquiry revealed that commercial blood transfusions infected 33,000 Britons with HIV and Hepatitis C, a risk that Brazil overcame with the Henfil Law and Hemobrás – risks which may return with the proposed Plasma PEC

The director of the Municipal Health Foundation in São Leopoldo, one of the cities hardest hit by the floods, provides an account of the current situation from the perspective of healthcare workers

Floods in Rio Grande do Sul call for immediate interventions to tackle health effects and long-term mental health repercussions. Calls to implement a National Environmental Health Policy increase among researchers and activists