Author:

• Joaquín Molina - Molina, Joaquín - OMS, Representante da OPAS/OMS no Brasil - <molinajo@paho.org>

Co-author(s):

• Renato Tasca - Tasca, Renato - OPAS/OMS, Coordenador do Projeto de Cooperação da OPAS/OMS com o Programa Mais Médicos do Brasil - <tascar@paho.org>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1407-5914
• JULIO MANUEL SUAREZ JIMENEZ - SUAREZ JIMENEZ, JULIO MANUEL - Organizacao Pan-Americana da Saude Brasil - <juliosu@gmail.com>

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Abstract:

Working relations between Pan-American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and Brazilian health institutions accumulated a long history of cooperation with mutual benefits which, in many cases, were shared with other nations under various frameworks for cooperation among countries for health development. A milestone in this relationship is the technical cooperation provided by PAHO/WHO to the More Doctors Program (Programa Mais Médicos - PMM). This cooperation has added both strategic value in reducing existing gaps in health equality and has capitalized on the unique nature of the Cuba-Brazil South-South cooperation experience, triangulated through PAHO/WHO.
This paper discusses PAHO/WHO’s role in the evaluation of its technical cooperation within PMM. A M&E Framework has been developed, in order to progressively identify the advances in coverage and quality of primary health care provided by Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde - SUS) through the PMM. Special attention was given to identify best practices in health services, to analyze results and impacts of the PMM, and to manage and share knowledge that has been produced by its implementation, through a web-based knowledge platform.
Some relevant results of PMM, especially those related to right to health and primary health care quality and coverage, are briefly presented and discussed.

Keywords:

More Doctors Primary Health Care Health Policy Evaluation

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