Vol. 47 No. 137 abr-jun (2023): Saúde em Debate

Eli Iola Gurgel Andrade, Ana Maria Costa and Maria Lucia Frizon Rizzotto sign the editorial of Saúde em Debate nº 137. The authors revisit “the concept of Social Security as the central axis for guaranteeing social protection, structured as a responsibility of the State, to be guaranteed to all Brazilians, as expressed in the Federal Constitution of 1988 (CF/88)”. They point out that “More than three decades later, the destruction of rights and setbacks that have taken place in recent years challenge the democratic reconstruction of Brazil. At this moment, therefore, it is essential to resume the debate that originated the notion of Social Security, to which the universal right to health was integrated” and “the challenge remains of rethinking the social security model for the 21st century, considering the issue of population aging, the epidemiological profile and the need for a new social policy of continuous care as one more of the pillars of Social Security”.

Topics addressed: Changes in the primary care policy and the (un)sustainability of the Family Health Strategy; The health of the black population in Primary Health Care: inequality in times of COVID-19; Residents for the resilience of Primary Care in the context of COVID-19; Ministry of Health and the the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil; Health Fund and its appropriation by Social Organizations in the municipality of São Paulo; Training process for leprosy control; Detection of breast cancer in primary care; Policy on Integrative Health Practices of Federal District in Brazil; Tensioning in Mental Healthcare related to Psychoactive Substance use; Sociodrama as a qualitative research strategy with Community Health Workers; Production of truths about blood donation: an analysis from the perspective of Foucault; Medical organization doctors and policy communities’ influence over Brazilian Health Workforce Policies; Expansion and privatization of medical courses and teaching-service integration in Pernambuco; Hospitalization and mortality from Parkinson’s Disease in Brazil; Pharmaceutical policies: political facts produced by the Federal Legislative Branch; Edentulism, need for dentures, and self-perception of oral health among institutionalized older people; Politics of identity (dis)affections: psychoanalytic-phenomenological interface of liberal democracy and public policies; Online social Support; Quality assessment of online health information; The national scientific production on complex chronic conditions in pediatrics; Work and health conditions of women rural workers; Health care for homeless persons; Collective construction of mental health indicators in Psychosocial Care Centers; Service-academy integrative action project for STI/HIV testing in mobile units in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro; Book review 'Philosophy of Population Health: Philosophy for a New Public Health Era' by Sean Valles.