Public health in Brazil
The historical evolution of public care and the models that preceded today's structure.
In "Public health in Brazil", Pedro gives a historical overview: from the colonial Santas Casas to the social-security institutes, from INAMPS to the creation of the SUS in 1988. The aim is to show the reader where the structure they use comes from, and why it is the way it is.
The text draws on the author's own experience: he graduated in 1963 and saw each of those phases from inside, the social-security care of the 1960s and 70s, the crisis of the 1980s and the universalisation of the 1990s.
It is a document of institutional memory written by someone who took part in it. It serves as an introduction to the archive's other public-health texts.
This article is part of the historical archive of Pedro Moretti Guedes. It should be read as a document of its time: Medicine, pharmacology and health recommendations have changed since publication.
The original clipping is preserved by the family and will be published here once the scan can be checked against the original.