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Despite Troubles, Brazil’s SUS Health System Can Be a Model for Latin America

By Armínio Fraga, Miguel Lago, Rudi Rocha

COVID-19 has been a disaster, but Brazil shows a public health care system on a large scale is possible – and effective.

This article is adapted from AQ’s special report on fighting the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic See all 5 Big Ideas for recovery here: Guarantee Income | A New Trade Push | Universal Health CareNot Just GDP | Keep Kids in School RIO DE JANEIRO — What if, following the pandemic shock, all Latin American countries heavily increased investments to build robust, comprehensive and universal health care systems As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc, by late May Brazil had surpassed the United States in having the world’s highest daily death rate related to the virus As a...

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