Digital Health, Universal Right, Duty of the State?
Introduction
The Brazilian Constitution establishes, in its art. 196, that “health is a universal right and duty of the State, guaranteed by social and economic policies aimed at reducing the risk of diseases and other ailments, and universal and equal access to actions and services for their promotion and recovery”.
In addition, article 198, states that “public health actions and services are part of a regionalized and hierarchical network and constitute a single system, organized with the following guidelines: I – decentralization, with a single direction in each sphere of government; II – integral care, with priority for preventive actions, without loss to the care services; III – community participation”.
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