Health in Brazil
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. 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 finds that Brazil is doing 93.3% of what should be possible at its level of income for the right to health.
| Social and Health Indicators | |
|---|---|
| Life expectancy (2019) | 76.6 |
| Infant mortality(2019) | 1.24% |
| Fertility rate (2019) | 1.71 |
| Basic Sanitation(2019) | 88% |
| Smoking rates (2018) | 9.3% |
| Obesity female (2019) | 30.2% |
| Obesity male (2019) | 22.8% |
| Undernutrition (2018) | 2.5% |
| HIV prevalence (2017) | 0.6% |
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