A transfronteirização entre Brasil e Paraguai: a saúde nos municípios margeados pelo Lago de Itaipu

Abstract

The information in this abstract analyzes the problem of care in the Unified Health System (SUS) on the Brazil and Paraguay s border, especially in the municipalities of Paraná members of the Integrated Health System Border (SIS-Fronteira), covering the municipalities of Entre Rios do Oeste, Foz do Iguaçu, Guaíra, Itaipulândia, Marechal Cândido Rondon, Mercedes, Missal, Pato Bragado, Santa. Helena, Santa Terezinha de Itaipu and São Miguel do Iguaçu. Cross-border cooperation proposals are presented as a strategy of integration between the communities of both countries. To develop the study of the dissertation the following methodological procedures were used: analysis of some territorial management instruments European borders as successful experiences of cross-border cooperation; literature review of health research at the frontier; analysis and collection of data through the electronic pages of the Ministry of Health; DATASUS and Ministry of Foreign Affairs; as well as qualitative interviews with health workers and border SUS users