Digital Health in Brazil: imperial threat or promise of sovereignty?
Experts agree that the benefits of telehealth programs are clear, but they warn that without massive investment in public technologies, there is a major risk of handing over health data to foreign corporations
The urgency of taxing ultra-processed foods in Brazil
A new tax reform in Brazil foresees a tax to discourage the consumption of ultra-processed foods, linked to 57,000 deaths a year — but the industry is fighting back
Brazil’s Health Industrial Complex puts health at the heart of industrialization
Lula’s government is fulfilling his promise to health movements by progressing works on the Health Economic-Industrial Complex, with the aim to provide Brazil’s health system with independence from transnational corporations
Challenges lie ahead for health in Brazil
Progress in protecting public healthcare under the Lula government in 2023, yet challenges loom ahead
Private sector stalls implementation of nurses’ minimum wage in Brazil
Nurses employed in Brazil’s private health sector are still not being paid salaries defined by law, as employers continue to delay implementation
Combating precariousness in Brazil’s Unified Health System
Valuing health workers in Brazilian public health means strengthening the health system. Social movements are rallying behind the agenda of a guaranteed career path in the Unified Health System (SUS), demanding that the government does the same
The people are the builders of the Brazil’s Unified Health System
The 17th National Health Conference saw debates on four thematic axes on which guests and delegates could address the need to construct a truly equitable Unified Health System (SUS). Social movements were actively involved in the process
In a first, delegation of migrants attends Brazil’s National Health Conference
The delegates representing the migrant population were elected at the Open National Conference on the Health of Migrant Populations. They will present 20 proposals for the for the Unified Health System (SUS)
In four years of Bolsonaro, healthcare lost funding, quality and reach
The new government begins work with billions less for the sector and faces the challenge of rebuilding primary care
In first speech as president, Lula criticizes previous government and declares: “Democracy forever”
Without naming Bolsonaro specifically, the Workers’ Party leader lamented the “project of national destruction” that preceded him
Pharma companies attempt to overturn Brazilian Supreme Court’s historic decision on patents
Pharmaceutical companies are trying to undermine a decision of the Brazilian Supreme Court from 2021 which puts health ahead of private profit
Brazil’s health workers vow to save public healthcare in the country
Activists from all over Brazil reaffirm the need to guarantee resources for a 100% public health system
