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Empower Yourself to Monitor Health Policies with a Free SUS Course in Partnership with Fiocruz. Aimed at advisors and social control workers, the course teaches essential monitoring and evaluation methods to ensure more effective health policies.
When it comes to public health, Brazil still faces challenges in ensuring that policies actually meet the population’s needs.
For those looking to empower themselves in the field and monitor the decisions shaping the Unified Health System (SUS), a free and innovative opportunity arises!
A course created by the National Health Council (CNS), in collaboration with renowned institutions such as Fiocruz and the Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT), offers specialized training in monitoring and evaluation for social control in SUS.
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Course to Strengthen Social Control in SUS
The course, titled Training in Monitoring and Evaluation for Social Control in SUS, aims to prepare health advisors and others involved in social control to monitor SUS policies and decisions with greater accuracy and rigor.
This training arises from a demand discussed at the 16th National Health Conference held in 2019, where the need for more effective strategies for monitoring public health policies was recognized.
Objectives and Strong Partnerships
With a partnership between CNS, the Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), and the Institute of Collective Health at UFMT, the course utilizes the Fiocruz Virtual Campus as a teaching platform.
The goal is to provide theoretical and practical tools for health advisors across the country to strengthen their actions, especially regarding social control in SUS.
This course results from a solid collaboration among the involved institutions, aligning the conception and execution of the content with the expectations of CNS.
According to Marly Cruz, the coordinator of the training at Fiocruz and a researcher at the National School of Public Health, the course offers a comprehensive foundation in health monitoring and evaluation concepts and methods.
Additionally, it provides practical applications that will allow advisors to enhance their oversight of public policies.
Course Structure and Content Covered
The course is divided into modules that cover everything from the basic principles of social participation in health to monitoring and evaluation techniques. The aim is for students to understand the role of health conferences and apply what they have learned in monitoring the policies and actions implemented by SUS. Among the course modules, the following are highlighted:
Module 1: Basic Principles and Concepts of Social Participation in Health
- Unit 1: Essential Concepts of Life in Society
- Unit 2: Overview of the Unified Health System and Social Control
Module 2: Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation in Health
- Unit 1: Theoretical and Conceptual Definitions of Monitoring and Evaluation
- Unit 2: Health Planning and Methodological Approaches
Module 3: Contributions of Monitoring and Evaluation to Social Control in SUS
- Unit 1: The Role of Conferences in the Deliberative Process
- Unit 2: Techniques for Tracking Resolutions and Deliberations of Conferences
Innovation and Track Record of Success
According to Juliana Kabad, course coordinator at UFMT, this training originated as a follow-up to another initiative conducted in 2023.
The previous proposal, offered in a hybrid format, already presented innovative content exploring monitoring and evaluation in the context of social control in health.
With the new course, the idea is to expand the reach so that health councils in all regions of Brazil can benefit.
Kabad also emphasizes that there has been an effort to adapt the teaching material and include new video classes, without losing the essence of the content.
The expectation is that this training will continue to support health councils in their processes of planning, monitoring, and evaluating public policies.
A Legacy for Public Health Policies
The course also becomes an important tool for future actions, as explained by the president of CNS, Fernando Pigatto.
He believes that this training is essential for health councils to respond to the 17th National Health Conference, planned to directly influence municipal health plans starting in 2026.
“This course will be crucial for ensuring that the deliberations of the conferences genuinely influence health plans,” Pigatto asserts.
Participation and Social Engagement
The proposal also emphasizes the importance of social control in the policy cycle, from formulation and execution to monitoring and evaluation.
With this training, CNS hopes that health advisors at all levels – municipal, state, and national – can act more actively and substantively, ensuring that the deliberations of health conferences are effectively implemented and monitored.
How to Enroll in the Free SUS Course
Those interested in participating in this training and contributing to social control in SUS can enroll for free.
The course is self-instructional and open to anyone interested in the subject, especially health advisors and SUS workers looking to expand their knowledge.
Enrollment can be done directly through the Fiocruz Virtual Campus.
Ready to strengthen social control in SUS? With the growing impact of health policies on the population, do you believe that more training like this is necessary? Share your opinion!
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