Table 3 Priorities in Brazil’s 2012–2015 Health Plan
From: Corporate social responsibility to improve access to medicines: the case of Brazil
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1 | Guarantee equitable and timely access to good quality medicines, through improvements of primary and specialized care | Health care, general |
2 | Improvement of emergency care services | Health care, general |
3 | Increase focus on maternal and child health through the Stork Program, emphasizing vulnerable regions | Maternal and child health; Vulnerable regions |
4 | Strengthen mental health networks, focusing on addictions to cocaine and other drugs | Mental health and addiction |
5 | Guarantee attention to health of the elderly and those with chronic conditions through strengthening of health promotion and prevention activities | Health promotion; Elderly populations |
6 | Implement a sub-system in healthcare focused on indigenous health in compliance with health practices and traditional medicines, maintaining respect for different cultures | Health care Indigenous health and traditional medicine |
7 | Use health promotion and surveillance to reduce population health risks | Health promotion and surveillance, general |
8 | Guarantee pharmaceutical assistance through SUS | Health access, general |
9 | Improve regulation of the supplementary health system, articulating the public/private relationship and ensuring more rational and good quality care | Regulation, general |
10 | Strengthening science, technology and innovation around the national agenda for economic, social and sustainable development with the aim of reducing vulnerabilities in access to health | Health policy, general |
11 | Contributing to appropriate training, allocation, qualification, valuing(?) and the democratization of work relations for SUS employees | Health education, general |
12 | Implementation of a new federal management model and instruments, centered around guaranteed access, participatory management and a focus on results, social participation and stable financing | Access and social participation, general |
13 | Qualification for direct enforcement instruments, generating gains in productivity and efficiency in the SUS | Health management |
14 | Promotion of Brazilian interests internationally in the field of health, sharing experiences of SUS with other countries in accordance with the Brazilian Foreign Policy | Health diplomacy |