Under the leadership of the World Bank
Challenges in, and perspectives of, the SUS counter-reform
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4479469 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Diego De Oliveira Souza (0000-0002-1103-5474, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Physis Revista de Saúde Coletiva (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0103-7331 • E-ISSN: 1809-4481 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0103-73312020300101 |
| OpenAlex | W3033126981 |
| SciELO | S0103-73312020000100300 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
This study aims to reflect about the current situation in the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS -Sistema Único de Saúde), mainly in view of international determinations set by the World Bank (WB).To this end, it should be noted that the neoliberal direction taken by Brazilian politicians has gained momentum, mainly in the 1990s, due to a series of measures focused on opening the country's borders to the international capital by offering tax exemptions to multinationals, as well as on privatizing state companies, on encouraging the indiscriminate use of imports as price control mechanism and on giving priority to the economic sphere at the expense of social policies.This process was named "counter-reform" by Behring (2003), and it went against the philosophy guiding the 1988 Brazilian Federal Constitution (FC).The 1989 Washington Consensus was the formal starting point for the Brazilian insertion in the neoliberal dynamics, which linked Brazil's international relationships to guidelines of financial organizations such as the WB and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).According to Correia (2005), these guidelines significantly affected SUS, since they ruled the health systems of backward capitalist countries according to protocols set by the neoliberal order.Two documents have significantly marked the beginning of this process in Brazil: Brasil, novo desafio à saúde do adulto/Brazil, a new challenge for adult health (BANCO MUNDIAL
Political science · Human Rights and Development · International Development and Aid
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |