Health Systems at Different Levels of Development
Objectives
1. Identify the challenges and opportunities faced by SSS in countries at different levels of development;
2. Reflect on the main themes addressed by the literature on the development and weaknesses of health services systems (SSS);
3. Participate in debates on the concept of fragile or robust SSS;
4. Critically analyze some of the theories on SSS development;
5. Trying to understand how the global economic architecture and global health agendas contribute to strengthening or weakening health systems at the national level;
6. Relate the topic under study to the current pandemic situation;
7. Address methodological aspects in the preparation of research projects on the topics covered.
General characterization
Code
5788021
Credits
4
Responsible teacher
Paulo Ferrinho
Hours
Weekly - 10,5
Total - 30
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Not applicable
Bibliography
• F.P.C. de Barros, Z. Hartz, A-V-M- Mendonça (orgs.), Diálogos continentais sobre comunicação em saúde em tempos de pandemia, Conselho Nacional de Secretários de Saúde, Brasília, Brasil (2020). https://www.conass.org.br/biblioteca/dialogos-continentais-sobre-comunicacao-em-saude-em-tempos-de-pandemia/.
• F.P.C. de Barros, Z. Hartz, P. Ferrinho (orgs.), O enfrentamento da COVID-19 nos países da CPLP (Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa), Conselho Nacional de Secretários de Saúde, Brasília, Brasil (2020). https://www.conass.org.br/biblioteca/o-enfrentamento-da-covid-19-nos-paises-da-comunidade-dos-paises-de-lingua-portuguesa-cplp/
• P-M-Buss, L.E. Fonseca (orgs). Diplomacia da Saúde e Covid -1º: reflexões a meio caminho. Rio de Janeiro: Observatório Covid 19 Fiocruz; Editora FIOCRUZ, 2020, 360 p. Informação para ação na Covid-19 series. ISBN: 978-65-5708-029-0. https://doi.org/10.7476/9786557080290.
• P. Ferrinho, I Fronteira. Enfrentamento da Pandemia no Universo da Comunidade dos Estados e Territórios de Língua Oficial Portuguesa: Aprendizados Para os Sistemas de Saúde, pp 189-212 em Volume 6 de A. de O. Santos, L. T. Lopes. ColeçãoCOVID-19, Vollume I a VI, Conselho Nacional de Secretários de Saúde, Brasília, Brasil (2021). https://www.conass.org.br/biblioteca/volume-6-reflexoes-e-futuro/
• Fronteira, M. Sidat, J.P. Magalhães, FP Cupertino de Barros, António Pedro Delgado, Tiago Correia, Cláudio Tadeu Daniel-Ribeiro, Paulo Ferrinho The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: A syndemic perspective, One Health (2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100228
Teaching method
Presentation of topics (40% per session).
Comment, debate and discussion, with professor and colleagues (30%).
Individual poster (30%).
Evaluation method
Presentation of topics (40% per session).
Comment, debate and discussion, with professor and colleagues (30%).
Individual poster (30%).
Subject matter
I. Introduction to the curricular unit: Session 1 – OA (learning objectives), calendar and evaluation; Session 2 – concepts and theories; Session 3 – SS (Health Systems) ranking.
II. Levels of health systems development.
III. Levels of development of European health systems.
IV. Levels of development of African health systems.
V. Levels of development of Latin American health systems.
VI. What pandemics teach us about health systems development: a global perspective.