This report was managed and prepared by Caroline Berchet and Frederico Guanais. The other authors were Tiago Cravo Oliveira Hashiguchi, Gabriel Di Paolantonio, Cristian Herrera and Ece Ozcelik. Tom Raitzik Zonenschein and Angel Eugenio Benitez Collan contributed with research assistance, and Tom Raitzik Zonenschein contributed with thorough editorial revision of the Portuguese translation. The authors also wish to thank Mark Pearson and Francesca Colombo from the OECD Directorate of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, and Arnold Jens from the Economic Department. Thanks also go to Liv Gudmundson and Lucy Hulett for editorial input, to Hannah Whybrow for administrative assistance and to Guillaume Haquin for resource management support. The first Chapter of the report was edited by Romy de Courtay. The completion of this report would not have been possible without the generous support of Brazilian authorities.
This report and the companion publication Health System in Brazil have benefited from the expertise and material received from many health officials, health professionals, civil society and industry stakeholders and other health experts that the OECD review team interviewed during a virtual research mission in February and March 2021, and bilateral teleconferences.
The reviews thank officials at the Ministry of Health, including Ana Maria Cavalcante de Lima, Ana Maria Thomáz Maya Martins, Anna Carvalho, Anna Paula Hormes, Ariene Carmo, Camila Secundo, Carolina Palhares, Caroline Martins, Corah Prado, Dalila Tusset, Daniela Palma Araujo, Darcio Guedes, Dressiane Zanardi Pereira, Eduardo Augusto Fernandes Nilson, Eduardo David Gomes, Eduardo Nilson, Erika Almeida, Everton Macedo Silva, Gisele Bortolini, Graziela Tavares, Joao Ameno, João Batista Freitas, Karla Larica Wanderley, Katia Gomes, Ludimila Oliveira dos Santos, Ludimyla Rodrigues, Magali Cristini Casola Kumbier, Magali Kumbier, Márcia Elizabeth Marinho da Silva, Márcia Jovanovic, Maria Gerlivia de Melo Angelim, Marize Brasil, Marize Lima de Sousa Holanda Biazotto, Myrian Cruz, Olivia Lucena de Medeiros, Paloma Abelin Saldanha Marinho, Paula Sandreschi, Rebeca Carmo de Souza Cruz, Renata Gomes Soares, Rizoneide Gomes de Oliveira, Roseilton Santana Santos, Suzane Maria da Costa Araújo, Thais Coutinho de Oliveira, Vania Canuto, and Wendel Rodrigo Teixeira Pimentel; officials at the National Health Surveillance Agency, including Freire Baeta, Paula Mendes, Renata de Morais Souza, Ricardo Eccard da Silva, Rodrigo Martins de Vargas, Thalita Antony de Souza Lima, Tiago Lanius Rauber; Katia Audi at the National Agency for Supplementary Health; Maria Angélica Borges dos Santos at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation; Itamar Bento Claro and Renata Maciel at the National Cancer Institute; Roseli Alves at the Ministry of Education; Elis Viviane Hoffmann at the Ministry of Citizenship; Carlos Vitor Müller, Eduardo Marcusso, Hugo Caruso, and Nilton de Morais at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply; Luciana Mendes Santos Servo at the Institute of Applied Economic Research. The reviews are also thankful to Aliadne Sousa, Antonio Carlos Rosa de Oliveira Junior, Eliana Maria Ribeiro Dourado, Everton Macêdo, Fernando Passos Cupertino de Barros, Heber Dobis Bernarde, Maria José Oliveira Evangelista, Nereu Henrique Mansano, René José Moreira dos Santos, Rita de Cássia Bertão Cataneli at the Council of State Health Secretaries; Blenda Pereira, Cristiane Martins Pantaleão, Diogo Demarchi, Marcela Alvarenga, and Marizelia Leão Moreira at the Council of Municipal Health Secretaries; Priscilla Viégas at the National Health Council; Vinicius Guimaraes at the National Audits Court; Aline Pinto Guedes, André Tavares, Cristina Shimoda, Davi Iguatu, Fernanda Costa Nunes, Jairo Vinícius Pinto, Katiana Telefora, Maristela da Costa Sousa, Suelen Letícia Gonçalo, from state and municipal governments. Paula Johns and Luis Gustavo Kiatake provided perspectives from Civil Society; and Alexandre Novachi, Anna Paula Alves, Laura Cury, Márcio Maciel, Marina Mantovani, and Raquel Salgado provided views from the business sector. Further invaluable insights were obtained during interviews with experts in academia, think tanks, and international organisations, including Adriano Massuda, Alexandre Lemgruber, André Médici, Daniel Soranz, Edson Araújo, Erno Harzheim, Fátima Marinho, James Macinko, Jonas Silveira, Márcia Rocha, Mário Dal Poz, Michael Duncan, Miguel Lago, Renato Tasca, and Rudi Rocha.
The reviews teams are especially thankful to the international affairs officials in the Ministry of Health and especially Cristina Vieira Machado Alexandre, Marina Moreira Costa Pittella, and Rafaela Beatriz Moreira Batista. The Delegation of Brazil to the International Economic Organisations in Paris, especially Andrezza Brandão Barbosa and Gustavo Gerlach da Silva Ziemath provided support for the reviews. Both reviews benefited from comments of the Brazilian authorities and experts who review earlier drafts.