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] | |
|---|---|
| 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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- ^ "Human Rights Measurement Initiative – The first global initiative to track the human rights performance of countries". humanrightsmeasurement.org. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ^ "Brazil - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ^ "Brazil". Our World in Data. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
- ^ "Life expectancy of Brazilians increases 3 months and reaches 76.6 years in 2019". agenciadenoticias.ibge.gov.br. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ^ "Brazil - infant mortality rate 2009-2019". Statista. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ^ "Fertility rate, total (births per woman) - Brazil | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ^ "People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) - Brazil | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ^ "Smoking rates in Brazil 2018". Statista. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ^ a b "One out of every four adults in Brazil were obese in 2019 and primary health care was positively evaluated". agenciadenoticias.ibge.gov.br. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ^ "Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population) - Brazil | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ^ "Our World in Data". Our World in Data. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
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