According to Brazilian Law, access to organ transplantation in Brazil should be equitable for all and not be influenced by race, geography, religion, or economic status. But we show that non-Whites and women are underrepresented among organ transplantation recipients, although they are no longer...

This paper aims to analyze the effects of individual socioeconomic characteristics on the mortality risk of Covid-19. Two datasets were combined to achieve this objective: the individual health records from people infected with coronavirus in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, and the...

The objective is to analyze problems of the health sector in Brazil, with emphasis on the management of the SUS, aiming at the elaboration of concrete interventions proposals to ensure the population's access to universal, egalitarian and comprehensive healthcare. The methodological framework of...

The article is based on qualitative research carried out by the authors at the seven Psychosocial Care Centers for Alcohol and other Drugs (CAPS AD) in the Federal District, in order to observe the implementation of the Ministry of Health Policy for Comprehensive Care for Users of Alcohol and...

This text analyzes issues related to the federative coordination of the Unified Health System (SUS), with negative repercussions on access to public health goods and services, aiming at the identification and recommendation of measures that contribute to the gradual solution of access...

This paper analyzed the role of the two official laboratories - Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - Fiocruz) and Butantan - in facing the covid-19 pandemic in Brazil, based on the analysis of the process of building their productive and innovative capabilities and the public...

The objective of this text is to present a set of indicators that make it possible not only to measure the contribution of the Unified Health System (SUS) to the promotion, protection, and recovery of the Brazilians health, in terms of the benefits offered, but also to monitor the offer of these...

Brazilian Welfare Policy, in its basic protection dimension, is implemented by public structures called as Referencial Centers of Social Assistence (Cras), which work at the local level (municipalities), but are organized, coordinated, legislated and co-financed by the federal government. This...

The population's access to public health services contribute to reducing disease prevalence and raising life expectancy. In Brazil, the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) is guided by the principles of universality and integrality of care to all health needs. Despite the advances of the SUS, it...

The public policies on mass transit and other economic policies have been unable to avoid increasing mass transit costs and urban bus fares, which places a burden on a majority of the population depending on public transit. This study analyzes the variations in urban bus fares and households...