Right to health for the border resident: Challenge for the integrality of SUS

Abstract

The study aims to analyze the protection granted by Law n. 13.445/2017. It is considered that although the exercise of rights in Brazil is limited to the territorial space defined in an authorization document granted by the Brazilian Public Health System (SUS) to the border resident, actions and health services are organized in an integrated system and network, which treat the individual in all its dimensions. The macroeconomic policies developed within the framework of MERCOSUR, such as services, transport and communications, have contributed to intensify the process of cross-border crossing of neighboring countries and have favored economic, political and cultural integration at the borders. The coexistence of legal systems other than countries, coupled with the asymmetries of human, financial and technological resources, has made it difficult to design public policies, including the right to health. Thus, using an exploratory and descriptive research methodology, based on bibliographical and documental, in the areas of international and sanitary law, the territorial limitation provided for in Law n. 13.445/2017 and the only national treatment of the topic is questioned with the principle of integrality of SUS. As a contribution to the problem, it is concluded that the guarantee of rights to those in the border area is a Brazilian effort for regional integration, but must be accompanied by measures aimed at establishing a dialogue with bordering countries, intensifying international cooperation measures to share management and financing in border area.