PAHO-Brazil technical cooperation and the development of health human resources: historical paths and contemporary agendas

Authors

  • Fernando Antonio Pires-Alves Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Casa Oswaldo Cruz, Departamento de Arquivo e Documentação, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil
  • Carlos Henrique Assunção Paiva Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Casa Oswaldo Cruz, Departamento de Arquivo e Documentação, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil
  • José Paranaguá Santana Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Diretoria de Brasília, Campus da Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF - Brasil
  • Diego Victoria Mejía Centro Colaborador da OPAS/OMS em Saúde Pública e Ambiente

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3395/reciis.v4i1.700

Keywords:

Health history, Health human resources, Technical cooperation in health, International health

Abstract


This article discusses, from a historical perspective, the technical cooperation established between the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Brazilian government in the domain of policies and programs for developing health human resources, starting from the mid-1970s. Considering intergovernmental organisms, simultaneously, as relevant actors and negotiation arenas, the technical cooperation initiatives launched are analyzed as fundamental contributions for the institutionalization of health human resources area in the country, as part of public health management authorities and as an original collection of institutional arrangements, experiences and methodological approaches. Always with the support of official documents and oral history statements, PAHO-Brazil cooperation is also discussed as a singular institutional space, with relevant action in organizing public health in Brazil and the political management of the Brazilian unified health system itself. Finally, the cooperation actions are analyzed as matrixes of technical cooperation experiences that were implemented under the institutional framework of the new Brazilian health system, the developments of which can be identified in the agenda and operation mode of technical cooperation as it takes place today.

Published

2010-03-31

How to Cite

Pires-Alves, F. A., Paiva, C. H. A., Santana, J. P., & Mejía, D. V. (2010). PAHO-Brazil technical cooperation and the development of health human resources: historical paths and contemporary agendas. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.3395/reciis.v4i1.700