Brazil's health care system vastly expands coverage, but universality, equity remain elusive
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 11:00
in Health & Medicine
Two decades after Brazil's constitution recognized health as a citizen's right and a duty of the state, the country has vastly expanded health care coverage, improved the population's health, and reduced many health inequalities, but universal and equitable coverage remains elusive, experts from four major Brazilian universities and New York University have concluded.