In the framework of the MSc Programmes on "Public Health and Health Policy" and "Primary Health Care", Prof Aquilas Mendes and Dr Jonathan Filippon will deliver an open lecture on the Brazilian healthcare system and the reforms applied by Bolsonaro' s government, on Monday 11th November. The lecture will be delivered in two parts:
Part A (17.15pm - 18.45pm): "Introduction to the Brazilian healthcare system" Prof Aquilas Mendes
The lecture aims to analyze the trends within the Brazilian universal public health system in the context of the ongoing structural crisis of capitalism, articulating the interests of capital and the state. The deepening of the capitalist crisis and the rise of for-profit capital dominance has been related to the increase of unemployment, social insecurity and the appropriation public funding by the private capital.
The lecture discusses the impact of this crisis to the universal right to health in Brazil, especially from the 1990s, confirming the uncertainties of the Brazilian National Health System (SUS) in terms of its funding and the growing movement of capital ownership over the resources of social and health insurance. The final remarks of the lecture present some proposals to address this situation of instability and underfunding of the Brazilian health system.
Part B (19.00pm - 20.00pm): Panel discussion on the "reforms of the Brazilian healthcare system under Bolsonaro's administration" Prof Aquilas Mendes, Dr Jonathan Filippon
The panel discussion will cover the ongoing reforms of the Brazilian healthcare system under Bolsonaro's administration.
Διαφάνειες 3ης διάλεξης - pdf
Λίστα μελέτης
- Junqueira V, Mendes A. The Brazilian Public Health in Contemporary Capitalism. Int J Health Serv 2018;48(4):760-775
- Alves L. Cuban doctors' withdrawal from Brazil could impact health. Lancet 2018;392:2255
Lecturers CV's
Dr Jonathan Filippon is a registered nurse and holds a PhD on public health. He is a lecturer at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). Jonathan teaches and does research on Health Systems and Public Policy. Together with Aquilas Mendes and Elias Kondilis he coordinates the working group on Health and Healthcare of the International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy (IIPPE) and the QMUL International Health and Political Economy of Health research group (IHPEH).
Prof Aquilas Mendes holds a PhD in Economics and a post-doctorate on Health Economics at University of Sao Paulo (USP). He is a senior lecturer at School of Public Health at USP, teaching political economy of health. He is also a professor at the Department of Economics and at the Postgraduate Program in Political Economy at the Pontifical Catholic University (PUCSP). He coordinates the Health, State and Contemporary Capitalism research group of the School of Public Health at USP. He was the president of the Brazilian Association of Health Economics (Abres) (2007-2010).