The fundaments of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) were established in the Brazilian Constitution of 1988, under the principles of universality, integrality and equity. It has a decentralized operational and management system, and social participation is present in all administrative levels.[1] The 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] finds that Brazil is doing 93.3% of what should be possible at its level of income for the right to health.[3]
Social and Health Indicators [4] | |
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Life expectancy (2019)[5] | 76.6 |
Infant mortality(2019) [6] | 1.24% |
Fertility rate (2019) [7] | 1.71 |
Basic Sanitation(2019)[8] | 88% |
Smoking rates (2018) [9] | 9.3% |
Obesity female (2019)[10] | 30.2% |
Obesity male (2019)[10] | 22.8% |
Undernutrition (2018)[11] | 2.5% |
HIV prevalence (2017)[12] | 0.6% |
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