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A Closer Look Into Brazil’s Healthcare System: What Can We Learn?

(4 days ago) WEBHealthcare spending in Brazil increased from 8.3% of GDP in 2010 to 9.2% of GDP in 2018, but this still falls short of the average spending of other countries with similar levels of development [ 4 ]. The Brazilian government has set a target of …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10231901/

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Brazil’s unified health system: 35 years and future challenges

(2 days ago) WEB2023 marks the 35th anniversary of Brazil’s current Constitution (1988), where health was defined as a universal right and a State responsibility. Since the mid-1970s, the Health Reform Movement (Movimento da Reforma Sanitária) opposed the military dictatorship (1964–1985) and played a key role in the democratization of the …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(23)00205-3/fulltext

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Brazil’s healthcare system: A slow march towards …

(8 days ago) WEBBrazil’s healthcare is split between two distinct systems, public and private, both of which leave much to be desired. The Unified …

https://business.cornell.edu/hub/2021/06/07/brazils-healthcare-system-slow-march-towards-progress/

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Brazil in state of emergency due to dengue fever: 1 million cases

(4 days ago) WEBBrazil looks to short-term and long-term strategies to fight a disease so painful it's known as "breakbone fever." The outbreak is part of a global wave of dengue triggered in part by climate change.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/03/04/1235795657/dengue-brazil-state-of-emergency-vaccine

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OECD Reviews of Health Systems: Brazil 2021 en OECD

(6 days ago) WEBHealth spending in Brazil is expected to increase to 12.6% of GDP by 2040 (up from 9.6% in 2019) and could be made more efficient in areas like primary healthcare, hospital care, pharmaceuticals, long-term care and governance. By 2050, in Brazil 21.9% of the population is expected to be 65 years or older, up from 8.9% in 2017.

https://www.oecd.org/health/oecd-reviews-of-health-systems-brazil-2021-146d0dea-en.htm

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The Brazilian health system at crossroads: progress, crisis and

(3 days ago) WEBIntroduction. After 30 years of progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC), 1 Brazil’s Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS)) is under major threat from a combination of economic recession, political crisis, ill-conceived austerity policies 2 and political decisions aimed at reversing the right to health. 3 Conceived in …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6035510/

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OECD Reviews of Health Systems: Brazil 2021

(5 days ago) WEBIn the 30 years since the inception of the Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde, or SUS), Brazil has reduced health inequalities, and improved coverage and access to health care.However, mobilising sufficient financing for the universal health coverage mandate of SUS has been a constant challenge, not helped by persistent …

https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-migration-health/oecd-reviews-of-health-systems-brazil-2021_89593674-en

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Brazil's unified health system: the first 30 years and …

(3 days ago) WEBIn 1988, the Brazilian Constitution defined health as a universal right and a state responsibility. Progress towards universal health coverage in Brazil has been achieved through a unified health system (Sistema Único de …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)31243-7/fulltext

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OECD Reviews of Health Systems: Brazil 2021 - OECD iLibrary

(5 days ago) WEBIn the 30 years since the inception of the Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde, or SUS), Brazil has reduced health inequalities, and improved coverage and access to health care.However, mobilising sufficient financing for the universal health coverage mandate of SUS has been a constant challenge, not helped by persistent inefficiencies …

https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-migration-health/oecd-reviews-of-health-systems-brazil-2021_146d0dea-en

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Brazil’s National Health Care System at Risk for Losing Its Universal

(2 days ago) WEBBrazil, the largest medium-high–income country in Latin America, inscribed in its 1988 constitution health as a universal right. This led to the creation of a publicly funded national health system with universal access: the Unified Health System (SUS, the abbreviation of the Portuguese name).

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2020.305649

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Health in Brazil - Statistics & Facts Statista

(4 days ago) WEBPublic opinion on select issues as biggest health problems facing people in Brazil as of 2023 Premium Statistic GDP share of health expenditure in Brazil 2014-2029

https://www.statista.com/topics/5030/health-in-brazil/

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Brazil's health system functionality amidst of the COVID-19 …

(2 days ago) WEBThe Brazilian Government did not consider that socioeconomically vulnerable states were at a higher risk of being impacted by the overburden of the health system caused by the COVID-19, which resulted in poorer health system functionality for those vulnerable states. The lack of proper planning to improve health system resilience …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(22)00039-4/fulltext

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Realising the future: Health challenges and achievements in Brazil

(7 days ago) WEBIn 2007, 72% of all deaths in Brazil were due to non-communicable diseases (Schmidt, 2011).Nevertheless, although the crude mortality rate from non-communicable diseases increased 5% between 1996 and 2007, a 20% decline in age-standardised mortality was observed, primarily for cardiovascular and chronic respiratory …

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666560323000658

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HEALTH SYSTEM OVERVIEW Brazil - Commonwealth Fund

(9 days ago) WEBThis overview was prepared by Adriano Massuda, Mônica Viegas Andrade, Rifat Atun, and Marcia C. Castro. international.commonwealthfund.org. SPENDING. $1,282. Health care spending per capita (USD purchasing power parities) $351. Out-of-pocket health spending per capita. HEALTH STATUS & DISEASE BURDEN. 75.7.

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020_IntlOverview_BRAZIL.pdf

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Disease burden in Brazil and its states. Estimates from the Global

(3 days ago) WEBThe Brazilian Ministry of Health facilitated the access to data sources and was responsible for the funding of the GBD-Brazil Study, through the National Health Fund (logged under protocol number 25000192049/2014-14). Neither institution had any part in the study design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation, nor in the writing of the

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8978340/

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Brazil International Health Care System Profiles - Commonwealth …

(4 days ago) WEBThe constitution of Brazil defines health as a universal right and a state responsibility. 1 The Brazilian health system, known as SUS ( Sistema Único de Saúde ), was conceived during the 1980s as part of the social movement aimed at Brazil’s re-democratization. SUS was officially created in 1988 by the new Brazilian constitution.

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/international-health-policy-center/countries/brazil

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Health in Brazil - Wikipedia

(6 days ago) WEBThe Brazilian health system is a complex composition of public sector (SUS), private health institutions and private insurances . Since the creation of SUS, Brazil has significantly improved in many health indicators, but a lot needs to be done in order to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The Human Rights Measurement Initiative [2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_in_Brazil

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Community health workers in Brazil work tirelessly to reach

(Just Now) WEBThe efforts of health workers like Souza are particularly important at this time. Since 2015, vaccination coverage for children in Brazil under the age of 5 has been falling. That’s placing children at much greater risk of vaccine-preventable diseases like polio and measles. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the situation got worse.

https://www.unicef.org/stories/community-health-workers-brazil-work-tirelessly-reach-children-who-missed-out-o

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Dozens of Brazilian universities hit by strikes over academic wages

(Just Now) WEB08 May 2024. Dozens of Brazilian universities hit by strikes over academic wages. Some professors and staff members have been on strike for as long as four weeks as they seek better conditions at

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01355-3

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Health care problems: leading concerns Brazil 2023 Statista

(5 days ago) WEBJ. Mendoza. A survey conducted in Brazil found that mental health was ranked as the biggest health care concern facing people in the country among selected issues, with around 52 percent of

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1338413/public-opinion-biggest-health-care-problems-brazil/

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Brazil Health-Care Firms Push to Reduce Debt as Shares Sink

(9 days ago) WEBEarnings season has further fanned concerns with the sector. CM Hospitalar, known as Viveo, last week saw its stock downgraded by seven analysts after debt levels soared to 2.54 billion reais in

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-15/brazilian-health-care-firms-push-to-reduce-debt-as-share-prices-sink

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The Brazilian health system: history, advances, and challenges

(3 days ago) WEBBrazil is a country of continental dimensions with widespread regional and social inequalities. In this report, we examine the historical development and components of the Brazilian health system, focusing on the reform process during the past 40 years, including the creation of the Unified Health System. A defining characteristic of the contemporary …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(11)60054-8/fulltext

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Brazil's Ex-President Bolsonaro to Undergo Health Treatments in …

(6 days ago) WEBBRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is traveling to Sao Paulo on Monday for treatment of an intestinal obstruction and a bout of erysipelas, a bacterial skin

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-05-06/brazils-ex-president-bolsonaro-to-undergo-health-treatments-in-sao-paulo

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Brazil ex-president Bolsonaro hospitalized again with skin infection

(9 days ago) WEBFormer Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Sunday he had to be hospitalized again in the northern city of Manaus due to a skin infection caused by a bacteria, adding there is no forecast

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-ex-president-bolsonaro-hospitalized-again-with-skin-infection-2024-05-05/

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Cyberattack disrupts operations at major US health care network

(6 days ago) WEBCNN —. A cyberattack has disrupted “clinical operations” at major health care nonprofit Ascension, forcing it to take steps to minimize any impact to patient care, an Ascension spokesperson

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/08/tech/cyberattack-disrupts-healthcare-network/index.html

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RFK Jr. and his parasitic worm are part of a global health issue

(8 days ago) WEBRFK Jr. is not alone. More than a billion people have parasitic worms. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , who is running as a third party candidate for president, made news this week for his deposition from

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/05/09/1250201358/rfk-jr-brain-parasitic-worm-tapeworm-kennedy

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Public Policies and One Health in Brazil: The Challenge of the

(3 days ago) WEBThe Potential Government Instruments for the Consolidation of One Health in Brazil. One of the most important aspects of pathogen control at the human, animal, and environmental interface is the development of appropriate scientific-based Surveillance and Risk Management policies that respect transboundary regulations (12, 14, 19).In Brazil, …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8213203/

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DOJ announces task force on health care monopolies and collusion

(6 days ago) WEBMay 10, 2024 - 02:20 PM. The Department of Justice May 9 announced the formation of a task force focusing on competition concerns in health care. The unit, the Task Force on Health Care Monopolies and Collusion, will enforce strategy and policy guidance, in addition to investigations, and civil and criminal enforcement.

https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2024-05-10-doj-announces-task-force-health-care-monopolies-and-collusion

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Brazil floods: Images from space reveal airport runway and football

(8 days ago) WEB00:42 - Source: CNN. CNN —. The extent of the devastation of floods that are ravaging southern Brazil have been laid bare in new and dramatic satellite images shared with CNN. At least 95 people

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/08/weather/brazil-flooding-satellite-imagery-intl/index.html

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Ultra-processed foods linked with mortality, brain risks, study …

(9 days ago) WEBBy Anahad O’Connor. May 8, 2024 at 6:39 p.m. EDT. (iStock) 5 min. A large study suggests that there might be a striking reason to limit your intake of ultra-processed foods — early death. The

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/05/08/ultraprocessed-junk-food-health-risks/

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Nitrous oxide can cause paralysis and death. We got it delivered …

(1 days ago) WEBDespite those serious health concerns, it can be ordered online from companies promising to deliver the gas 24/7. "Certainly some of the patients who we've managed have had recurring issues

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-12/australia-nang-delivery-nitrous-oxide-health-effects/103694130

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Survey reveals knowledge gap in fertility issues among women

(1 days ago) WEB00:00. 00:59. New research reveals a gap in fertility education for American women including basics of reproductive health, a lack of conversation between women and their healthcare providers

https://nypost.com/2024/05/17/lifestyle/survey-reveals-knowledge-gap-in-fertility-issues-among-women/

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Health in Brazil: 1 year of Lula - The Lancet

(3 days ago) WEB“Electronic medical records, digital integration of health data and information, as well as the possibility of digital monitoring and progress of patient cases were major accomplishments.” She says there are more than 2000 health information systems in Brazil and this interoperability between health systems makes it easier to …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00234-4/fulltext

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The Brazilian health system at crossroads: progress, crisis and

(8 days ago) WEBThe Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS)) has enabled substantial progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Brazil. However, structural weakness, economic and political crises and austerity policies that have capped public expenditure growth are threatening its sustainability and outcomes. This paper analyses …

https://gh.bmj.com/content/3/4/e000829

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They survived Maui's deadly wildfires. Now many are suffering …

(8 days ago) WEBAmong those issues are complications with residents' cardiovascular health. "Exposure to smoke, ash, and debris is strongly associated with worse physical health outcomes and reported symptoms

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maui-wildfires-hawaii-victims-health-food-survey/

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