Health system of Brazil: a hard way to overcome inequalities

Occupation: Candidate of political sciences, associate professor at the chair of philosophy of education
Affiliation: Lomonosov Moscow State University
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Journal name

Latin America

Edition

Issue 9

Pages

44-55

Abstract

The article is devoted to development of the health system in Brazil and itscurrent state in the context of social inequality overcoming. Evolution of the institute ofhealthcare, according to the authors, is one of the important factors that allow reducingthe level of inequality in modern society. The social history of Brazil is a clearconfirmation of this thesis. Special attention is paid to the current stage of healthdevelopment in Brazil, whose beginning is associated with the reforms of democraticgovernments after the dismantling of the military regime. The authors seek to show howthe creation of the National Health System (Sistema Unico de Saude, SUS) could affectthe problem of social inequality in Brazil.

Keywords

social inequality, Sanitarista movement, health system of Brazil, reform of health system

Received

01.10.2018

Publication date

01.10.2018

Number of characters

720

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GOST	Kurbanov A. Health system of Brazil: a hard way to overcome inequalities // Latin America – 2018. – Issue 9 C. 44-55 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://latamerica-journal.ru/S0044748X0000586-3-1 (circulation date: 26.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S0044748X0000586-3
MLA	Kurbanov, Artemiy "Health system of Brazil: a hard way to overcome inequalities." Latin America 9 (2018):44-55. DOI: 10.31857/S0044748X0000586-3
APA	Kurbanov A. (2018). Health system of Brazil: a hard way to overcome inequalities. Latin America (9), pp.44-55 DOI: 10.31857/S0044748X0000586-3


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