A estratégia da vida: como o Espírito Santo superou os desafios na saúde pública integral

Abstract

This book you hold in your hands tells the story of how we faced this colossal challenge. When I returned to government in 2019, the health budget was R$2 billion; by 2025, that amount had exceeded R$5 billion. We more than doubled the investment. But health cannot be solved with money alone; it requires management, strategy, and, above all, courage.

The great turning point, without a doubt, was the Covid-19 pandemic. As we detailed in the volume of this collection dedicated to that crisis, we were confronted with the hardest choice of our lives: to follow the easy path of field hospitals, as so many did, or to make the difficult decision to invest in our own network.