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0365/2025 - MORE FAMILY HEALTH: RECONSTRUCTING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
MAIS SAÚDE DA FAMÍLIA: A RECONSTRUÇÃO DA ATENÇÃO PRIMÁRIA À SAÚDE

Author:

• Felipe Proenço de Oliveira - Oliveira, FP - <proenco@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5900-0174

Co-author(s):

• Islany Costa Alencar - Alencar, IC - <Islanyalencar@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6608-349X
• Polyana Montenegro Silva - Silva, PM - <polyanams05@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6346-967X
• Doracy Karoline Simões de Medeiros - Medeiros, DKS - <doracyksmedeiros@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8239-2979
• Jérzey Timóteo Ribeiro Santos - Santos, JTR - <Jerzeytimoteo@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9260-9694


Abstract:

Currently, there are more than 53,000 Family Health teams responsible for implementing Primary Health Care in Brazil, developing coordinated actions for health promotion, prevention, treatment, recovery, and rehabilitation, with an approach centered on the family and community, the territory, and comprehensive care. The moment of reestablishment of Family Health as a priority strategy of the Unified Health System (SUS) was enacted by Ordinance GM/MS No. 3,493/2024, which establishes the new federal co-financing methodology and represents a milestone in its redesign. This article aims to discuss the resumption of Family Health as a central strategy for rebuilding PHC. Among the main advances are increased funding, with a reduction in the number of people per team, the encouragement of expanded team coverage, the reactivation of the Mais Médicos Program and multidisciplinary teams, and the expansion of other access strategies, especially for vulnerable populations, such as the Riverside Family Health, Prison, and Street Clinic teams. This highlights that only with a strengthened PHC system can new milestones be envisioned in this great civilizing policy that is the Unified Health System (SUS).

Keywords:

Primary Health Care; National Health Strategies; Unified Health System

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Oliveira, FP, Alencar, IC, Silva, PM, Medeiros, DKS, Santos, JTR. MORE FAMILY HEALTH: RECONSTRUCTING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2025/Oct). [Citado em 26/01/2026]. Está disponível em: http://www.cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/more-family-health-reconstructing-primary-health-care/19841?id=19841&id=19841



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