Data: 17/08/2023
https://fi-admin.bvsalud.org/document/view/4ryey
This infographic presents data on the implementation of Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine (TCIM) within Primary Health Care of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) in 2022. It highlights the progress made through the National Policy on Complementary and Integrative Practices (PNPIC), instituted in 2006. The material shows quantitative data on procedures, teams, establishments, and counties involved, as well as maps and charts illustrating the distribution and volume of TCIM procedures. It emphasizes five TCIM modalities with the highest number of registered procedures, and outlines health professional categories most involved in their delivery. The resource also contextualizes Brazilian traditional medicines within Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous cultural frameworks and reflects public health strategies that value ancestral knowledge, popular participation, and equity in care.
Autor(es): Ministério da Saúde do Brasil Idioma: Inglês Duração: .pdf