Interview with Fernando Pigatto – President of National Health Council (06/25/2021)

In: Saúde em Debate, Band 46, Heft spe4, S. 179-191

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Interview with Fernando Pigatto, President of National Health Council (CNS), carried out remotely, on 25/06/2021, when the country reached the mark of 500,000 deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic. The interviewers aimed, through open questions, to collected information that would: i) present the performance of the CNS in the pandemic context, in special its challenges and advances; and ii) promote the interviewee's reflection on fundamental aspects of democracy and social participation, especially the relationship between the Council and civil society and political society, the role of CNS in the decision-making process of health policies (actor and/or arena?), and the Council-Conference interaction.