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10/04/2013
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Study shows that although H1N1 flu , Congress and government not forward projects to ensure adequate confrontation epidemics
"We have had more luck than judgment . " This is the definition of health physician and researcher at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation ( Fiocruz ) for the legislative situation in Brazil against health emergencies . During MA from the University of Brasilia ( UNB ) , he found that the production of laws and the authorities must act in cases of epidemics does not meet current needs .
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Legislation against epidemics in Brazil is criticized
Romero explains that health authorities need to make decisions in emergency situations with legal support . For example , a person with a severe and endemic in cases of emergency, may be admitted even against their will ? And in the case of our " epidemic " now common , such as dengue , health officials can evaluate outbreaks of the mosquito even against the will of the resident ?
On investigator assessment , the situation never became serious because people meet requests " willingly " . " Soon, we will have another outbreak and not know whether the authorities will need support to work in more serious situations . We have a good system of surveillance, but he needs a legal backing that does not. Our law on this is very old and was created before the SUS "he says.
According to Romero , 90 % of the signatories of the International Health Regulations have updated their laws to meet the needs of the proposal . Brazil has not yet . " We are one of the most backward countries it " guarantees . Scholar theme Health Law Fiocruz , Romero defended his dissertation this week in the program of Collective Health UNB .
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Romero analyzed the responses given by Congress four health emergencies : seventh cholera pandemic (1991-2005) , pandemic influenza H5N1 ( 1999-2006) , the SARS pandemic (2003-2005 ) and pandemic influenza H1N1 (2009 -2010 ) . All , according to the researcher , " regardless of the political and institutional context in which they occurred ," were similar .
" There were speeches denouncing the situation and request for action , and overseeing the actions of the executive branch through information requests , call the authorities and public hearings . Legislative production , however , was almost nil ," says . Romero says the proposed supplemental budget that was presented departed Executive.
Therefore , he believes - and hope - that the Executive will have to induce Congress to approve bills more updated in facing epidemics . He points out that it is the government who misses most of that support . According to the researcher , there are two government-sponsored projects that were never sent to lawmakers .
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The study concludes Romero on the causes of parliament put aside these updates the law . For him , the political context of the Congress itself did not influence these decisions since the epidemic arrived in very different times , and even when there was another major concern inner attitudes of congressmen were the same .
For him , the difficulty in understanding and acting on the subject can not be used as justification . " Today , Congress has legislative consulting very efficient , due to the need to deal with very complex issues technically . Guess that is the same lack of sensitivity ," he adds .
Source : Last Second
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