Persistence of syphilis as a challenge for the Brazilian public health: the solution is to strengthen SUS in defense of democracy and life
Alberto Novaes Ramos
Abstract
The World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledged that, despite advances in prevention and treatment within the scope of the global health sector strategy for HIV, viral hepatitis, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) for 2016-2021, critical problems persisted (even before the COVID-19 pandemic) which could jeopardize the accomplishment of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals 1,2 . In 2021, the 74th World Health Assembly approved the need for new coping strategies for 2022-2030 1 . The implementation of health care actions integrated with surveillance and control, ensuring access to primary healthcare (PHC) diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring, has been the major challenge to achieve control of the disease 2,3 .
Topics & Concepts
Persistence (discontinuity)DemocracyPublic healthSyphilisPolitical scienceDevelopment economicsEnvironmental healthEconomic growthMedicineVirologyEconomicsLawNursingEngineeringGeotechnical engineeringPoliticsHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)Syphilis Diagnosis and TreatmentMaternal and Neonatal HealthcareGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology