Historia, Ciencias, Saude - Manguinhos
Volume 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1-17
The inclusion of international migrants in Brazilian healthcare system policies: The case of Haitians in the state of Amazonas [A inclusão dos migrantes internacionais nas políticas do sistema de saúde brasileiro: O caso dos haitianos no Amazonas] (Article) (Open Access)
dos Santos F.V.*
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Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane/Fiocruz Amazônia, Rua Teresina, 476, Manaus, AM 69057-070, Brazil
Abstract
A wave of Haitian immigration into Brazil began in February 2010 through three northern border states: Acre, Rondônia, and Amazonas. Focusing on the state of Amazonas, the article uses an ethnographic approach to explore the social networks involved in this immigrant issue and examines how Brazil’s Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) responded to the demands placed by this unexpected contingent of new users visà- vis the system’s guiding constitutional principles, particularly equity. A picture is painted of some aspects of the most critical immigration period (March 2010-March 2012) and of the public healthcare system’s reception of these Haitian newcomers. © 2016, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. All rights reserved.
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84973304998&doi=10.1590%2fS0104-59702016000200008&partnerID=40&md5=336a7cb62fcb2f550d692d47ad64130e
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-59702016000200008
ISSN: 01045970
Cited by: 4
Original Language: English