Vol. 46 No. 133 abr-jun (2022): Saúde em Debate

‘Defending democracy, the right to health, to life, and the SUS: agenda of the Free, Democratic and Popular Conference’, title of the Editorial of Saúde em Debate Vol. 46, No. 133, signed by the journal’s editors, Maria Lucia Frizon Rizzotto, Ana Maria Costa, Lenaura de Vasconcelos Costa Lobato. The editorial presents and reflects on the creation of the Front for Life which launched the Free, Democratic and Popular National Conference on Health, on April 7, 2022, in preparation for the XVII National Health Conference, which will take place in 2023.

In this issue, the journal brings together topics such as: Federal funding of the Unified Health System to combat Covid-19; SUS human resources in the pandemic: weaknesses in the Ministry of Health’s initiatives; Impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic in the Canal do Cunha Sub-Basin region, Rio de Janeiro; Mental health of public school students in the Covid-19 pandemic; Gender and vulnerability in public policies for the care of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and Cervical Cancer (CC) in Mexico; Barriers for referral to exclusive palliative care: the oncologist’s perception; Ten-year increase in healthcare establishments in Brazil and links with the Unified Health System; The pharmacist in Primary Health Care in Brazil; Macro-regional inequalities in primary care for Diabetes Mellitus; Social vulnerability and ethical-political problems transversal to oral health in Primary Health Care; Primary Health Care professionals and the Overweight and Obesity Care Line in the state of Piauí; SUS Connection: a YouTube channel as an instrument for educational training and strengthening of the Unified Health System; Use of WhatsApp to support health education actions; the pandemic of capital in sanitation; Occupationally exposed workers in a cassiterite ore processing industry; The scientific field of public health; Neo-extractivism, mining, and the vulnerability of indigenous peoples as an expression of persistent colonialism in Brazil; Pharmaceutical Assistance and global health governance in times of Covid-19; Ageism, Covid syndemic, and Intervention Bioethics; Brazilian Sanitary Reform: a review of political subjects and action strategies; Care from the hospital: interdisciplinarity and devices for integrality in the health care network; Management practices in HIV care; Book review ‘Madness and social transformation: an autobiography of the psychiatric reform in Brazil’, by Paulo Amarante.