Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF HEALTH ALTERS NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH POLICY TO EXPAND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALIZATION FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS AND ADOPTS WITHDRAWAL APPROACH FOR DRUG TREATMENT, A SETBACK TO PREVIOUS DAMAGE CONTROL POLICIES

Theme(s)
Health
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]

Feb 04 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ENACTS DECREE THAT DEVIATES FROM THE PREVIOUS DAMAGE CONTROL MODEL IN FAVOUR OF DRUG WITHDRAWAL, WHICH MAY BE A SETBACK FOR NATIONAL DRUG POLICY

Theme(s)
Health, Public security
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about the decree here [1]

Apr 11 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO DISSOLVES ADMINISTRATIVE BODY FROM THE NATIONAL SECRETARIAT FOR INDIGENOUS HEALTH

Theme(s)
Health, Indigenous people
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about this context here [1]. Bolsonaro has also neglected indigenous special vulnerability and health needs amid Covid-19 pandemic [2]

May 17 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Legislative
Power Level
Federal

BILL APPROVED BY CONGRESS AND SANCTIONED BY THE PRESIDENT PROPOSES COMPULSORY ADMISSION OF DRUG DEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS INTO TREAMENT CENTERS WITHOUT JUDICIAL AUTHORIZATION

Theme(s)
Health
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about Bolsonaro government stance on drug policy here [1]

Jun 05 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

DATA SHOWS THAT 57 OUT OF 176 HOSPITALS AUTHORIZED BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH TO PERFORM LEGAL ABORTION REFUSE TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURE

Theme(s)
Gender and sexual orientation, Health
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here] [1]. Read more about Brazil’s current government and its stance on abortion here [2] [3] [4]

Jun 19 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO ENDORSES COMPULSORY HOSPITALIZATION POLICY FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE

Theme(s)
Chemical addiction, Health
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Legitimation of violence and vigilantism
State
Rio de Janeiro

Read more about this episode [1] [2] and about police killings in the State of Rio de Janeiro [3]

Jul 30 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

AT THE OPENING OF NEW RECRUITMENT PROGRAM FOR DOCTORS, BOLSONARO SAYS THAT CUBAN DOCTORS, RECRUITED BY PREVIOUS PROGRAM CREATED BY PRESIDENT DILMA ROUSSEFF, INTENDED TO CREATE ‘GUERRILLA CELLS’ IN BRAZIL

Theme(s)
Health
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Construction of enemies

Read more about the Brazil-Cuba Doctors Program here [1], about the withdrawal of Cuban doctors from Brazil here [2] [3] and about this statement from the presidente – in Portuguese [find out here]

Aug 02 2019
 
Type of power
Informal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO VETOES COMPULSORY NOTICE TO POLICE BY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES IN CASES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Theme(s)
Gender and sexual orientation, Health
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about violence against women in 2019 here [1] and about this episode – in Portuguese [find out here]

Oct 10 2019
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

MINISTRY OF WOMEN, FAMILY AND HUMAN RIGHTS LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN DEFENDING THE PRACTICE OF SEXUAL ABSTINENCE AGAINST EARLY PREGNANCY

Theme(s)
Gender and sexual orientation, Health
Authoritarian Inventory measures
Attacks on pluralism and minorities

Read more about it here [1] [2]

Feb 03 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ORDINANCE OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH PROVIDES FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF COMPULSORY EXAMINATIONS AND TESTS, AS WELL AS THE USE OF PERSONAL AND BUSINESS ASSETS ON BEHALF OF THE PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Health
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about the ordinance here – in Portuguese [1]

Mar 11 2020
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