Public Health system in Brazil and the fighting of Covid-19

Abstract

In Brazil, public health is regulated by the action of the State, through the Ministry of Health and other state and municipal secretariats. However, public health is challenged by poor management and lack of financial investments. As a result, we have a collapsing system, often insufficient and with poor quality to serve the population. This article analyzes possibilities of performance of services in the Unified Health System (SUS) network that contributed to the control of the epidemic and, simultaneously, fulfill their essential function of ensuring daily care. Thus, the general objective is to carry out a brief assessment of health actions and their confrontation to minimize diseases in Brazil, especially with regard to the pandemic era experienced by Covid-19. As a methodology, bibliographical research on the subject in question is used. The results indicate that although the lack of public investment and mismanagement of resources, which makes the public health system fail, the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic forced adaptations in all sectors and in public health it did not it was different. The role of the SUS was fundamental in preventing an even greater catastrophe for the low-income population. In this scenario, it is concluded that the measures of the SUS are transfigured into essential action to confront Covid-19, giving special attention to the needy population, ensuring interventions that contribute to accessing public services made available to the needs of the infected or not, at a time of health crisis.