The decline of Brazil in the global health field: Rupture, loss, and reversal of leadership in the international health agenda

Autor(es)

Trivellato, Paulo R. F. ; Ventura, Deisy de Freitas L.

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: LATIN AMERICAN POLICY; v. 13, n. 2, p. 14-pg., 2022-10-13.

Resumo

The implantation of a public system of universal access to care has been the most significant contribution from the health sector to Brazil's democratization, and its diffusion through foreign policy raised the country to a status as a global health leader. Yet, the rise of a far-right government impinges a fracture upon this dual process, through the renunciation of leading roles in both regional and wider progressive initiatives. Based on documental and literature analysis guided by exploratory interviews with global health agents, this article introduces the actors responsible for the alignment between foreign policy and the Unified Health System principles and demonstrates that a significant retrenchment of diplomatic activity paved the way for the renunciation of protagonism in progressive agendas. The process began with the shutdown of Unasur Health and public opposition to the sexual and reproductive rights agenda and culminated in the felonious emptying of technical cadres from the Ministry of Health and the change of position on intellectual property issues related to public health during the Covid-19 pandemic. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 19/26002-6 - Mudanças na posição do Brasil na saúde global: análise crítica da atuação brasileira nos foros da Organização Mundial da Saúde em 2019
• Beneficiário: Paulo Roberto Ferreira Trivellato
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Mestrado