A política pública para HIV em municípios pernambucanos

Abstract

There are increasing notifications of HIV in Brazil, according to data from the Ministry of Health, although the policy of combating it is considered a worldwide model. The notifications in Pernambuco follow the Brazilian statistics, although the South and Southeast have a decrease in this amount. Issues that point to these escalating outcomes may relate directly to a policy of little or no impact. In the Economic Development Theory, the issues of economic growth point to negative externalities, such as disorderly migration and epidemics. In this sense, the objective of this dissertation is the evaluation of the management of the Public Health Policy in municipalities of Pernambuco, selected from indicators inherent to economic growth, such as migrations and notifications of HIV infections. In this study, the specific objectives addressed, in addition to the evolution of the number of infected and the expenses with this preventive and compensatory policy, the administrative management of the health secretariats of the municipalities, through the criterion of content analysis, based on interviews. How did the health secretariats manage the evolution of the HIV epidemic in the municipalities of Caruaru, Petrolina, Igarassu, Cabo de Santo Agostinho and Tamandaré, in Pernambuco, from 2010 to 2014. As a result, it was observed that, even in view of the evolution of the disease, in the municipalities studied, the budget did not follow this growth. Despite recognition of the severity of the epidemic, management, prevention, education and culture, are identified as the main human failures to control the disease, the budget constraint also contributes to the possibility of a less effective policy.