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Responses of the Brazilian health system to the emergency of the Zika virus: different strategies adopted by the states of Ceará and Rio de Janeiro

Abstract The article analyzes the cases of health system reprogramming in response to the Zika emergency in the states of Ceará (CE) and Rio de Janeiro (RJ), from 2015 to 2017. The research was anchored in the historical and institutionalist approach and the literature on regionalization and health...

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Published in:Physis (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Brazil), 2024, Vol.34
Main Authors: Albuquerque, Mariana Vercesi de, Pepe, Vera Lucia Edais, Reis, Lenice Gnocchi da Costa, Oliveira, Catia Veronica dos Santos, Cunha, Aline de Araujo Gonçalves da, Dias, Henrique
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Language:English
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Summary:Abstract The article analyzes the cases of health system reprogramming in response to the Zika emergency in the states of Ceará (CE) and Rio de Janeiro (RJ), from 2015 to 2017. The research was anchored in the historical and institutionalist approach and the literature on regionalization and health care networks. It involved analyzing government documents and conducting interviews with key actors mobilized in the states’ response to the epidemic. For each state, the following aspects were primarily explored: context, political-financial situation and health agenda at the time of the epidemic; and the design and implementation of responses (meanings, actors, resources, strategies and repercussions). The reprogramming of the health system in the states of CE and RJ presented different conditions and different meanings of actions, strategies, mobilized actors and developments, with a focus on care initiatives for children with Congenital Zika Virus Syndrome (SCZV). The importance of the regionalized and coordinated network was highlighted, with deconcentration of the offer of specialized services and early stimulation procedures; the coordinating and investing role of the state government; the qualification initiatives of health professionals; of the performance of research institutions in the service, production of knowledge and in the dialogue with affected families. Resumo O artigo analisa os casos de reprogramação do sistema de saúde em resposta à emergência de zika dos estados do Ceará (CE) e do Rio de Janeiro (RJ), no período de 2015 a 2017. A pesquisa ancorou-se na abordagem institucionalista histórica e na literatura sobre regionalização e redes de atenção à saúde. Envolveu a análise de documentos governamentais e a realização de entrevistas com atores-chave mobilizados na resposta dos estados à epidemia. Para cada estado, foram explorados, prioritariamente, os seguintes aspectos: contexto, conjuntura político-financeira e agenda da saúde no momento da epidemia; e o desenho e implementação das respostas (sentidos, atores, recursos, estratégias e repercussões). A reprogramação do sistema de saúde nos estados do CE e RJ apresentou distintas condições e diferentes sentidos das ações, estratégias, atores mobilizados e desdobramentos, com foco nas iniciativas de atenção às crianças com síndrome congênita do Zika vírus (SCZV). Evidenciou-se a importância: da rede regionalizada e coordenada, com desconcentração da oferta de serviços especializados e dos proc
ISSN:0103-7331
1809-4481
DOI:10.1590/s0103-7331202434sp106en