Unified Health System
Videos
The Unified Health System, better known by its acronym SUS, is Brazil's publicly funded health care system. Created in 1990, the SUS is the largest government-run public health care system in the worl
Institute of Cancer of São Paulo
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Hospital complex in Porto Alegre
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Rio de Janeiro
Health in Brazil
Videos
The fundaments of the Brazilian Unified Health System were established in the Brazilian Constitution of 1988, under the principles of universality, integrality and equity. It has a decentralized opera
Unified Health System
…means not only for the existence of the system, but also for the individual to have a voice to fight for its improvement and greater effectiveness. Health in Brazil Healthcare in Brazil…
Central Hospital of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia in São Paulo, a catholic philanthropic institution offering free services through the SUS.
A sign in a restaurant in Manaus, Brazil which reads "Attention! Control the use of salt in food"
Cândido Fontoura Children's Hospital, São Paulo.
Portuguese Beneficent Hospital, in Manaus.