Vol. 44 No. 126 jul-set (2020): Saúde em Debate

The editorial of this issue of Saúde em Debate presents the document ‘Covid-19 National Pandemic Confrontation Plan’ prepared by collective health entities that are members of the Front for Life. The Plan is the result of participatory planning that recognizes the pandemic as a complex phenomenon that requires actions in several dimensions and in its interfaces with the contribution of scientific knowledge, technical knowledge, practices, and social movement.

The journal addresses the following themes: indigenous health subsystem; antimicrobial resistance; salaries of doctors hired by the Family Health Strategy; prevention and treatment of Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases; mHealth technology for cardiovascular risk stratification scores; analyzes of Family Health Support Centers; work processes in obesity care; specialized services in cardiology and endocrinology in Primary Health Care; effects of the PMAQ-AB on admissions due to conditions sensitive to Primary Care; oral health services in Primary Care; judicialization of dental demands; Integrative and Complementary Practices in Primary Health Care in Maranhão; the blessing in the territories of the Family Health Strategy; quality of life and stress of Primary Care professionals; congenital malformations and pesticides in Giruá (RS); analysis of leptospirosis in Brazil; specialization in Work Management and Health Education; assistance to the elderly in the Federal District; Integrative and Complementary Practices for the Elderly; management instruments developed by the Municipal Health Departments of Santa Catarina; prevention campaigns against Dengue, Zika, and Chikungunya arboviruses; healthy and sustainable diets; criminal action by the Federal Government in the fight against Covid-19; equitable allocation of financial resources in health; training in work management and health education; Review of the book ‘Mourning: Treatment and Portrait’.