The 14th Municipal Health Congress reaffirms the strengthening of SUS with popular participation

Strengthening the Unified Health System (SUS), giving a voice to users and re-emphasizing the importance of councils is the goal of the 14th Health Congress, which is being promoted by the Municipal Health Council (CMS) in partnership with the Municipality of Belém. The event was the one that took place this Thursday afternoon, 3rd, at the Hotel Sagres, in the São Bras neighborhood.

The conference brings together all sectors of the area, such as users, nurses, and mobile workers, among others, and continues programming until Friday, the fourth. Population and strengthening of the SUS.

immunization – “I am pleased to see many segments and social movements, related to health, struggling to strengthen the SUS, represented here. It would be a wonderful conference with a lot of democracy, freedom to discuss topics, and a proposal, to decide health policy and elect a new council and to monitor investments in health”, said the mayor of Belem.

Mayor Edmilson Rodriguez commented, “The Congress has tremendous power, I hope it exercises that power, because popular participation is an essential tool, so that public money is spent fairly.”

progress The mayor also called for more resources for health and highlighted developments and projects in the Belem District.

“We promised to guarantee 100% of primary health care in the family health program. We took the healthy family program with 22% attendance. Today, we have 43%, and in June, we will have more than 50%. The children’s hospital, and it has a maternity center,” he said. .

The Municipal Health Conference is held every two years and is also preparations for state and national conferences, and draws up the Municipal Health Plan.

decisions – “It is crucial to the functioning of the unified health system. Hence, the deliberations on the public policies that the City of Belém should give priority in this biennium will emerge,” explained the Municipal Health Minister, Mauricio Bezerra.

Jose Medeiros, a 53-year-old civil servant from the Mosqueiro district, is participating in the conference as a user. Jose highlights the conference as an ideal opportunity to meet the needs of every neighborhood in Belem.

He commented, “We are dealing here with all associations and bodies, about improving health. And in my case, more specifically, Mosqueiro. We are here to put in what we need for the health of the island.”