Brazil’s constitutional right to healthcare encompasses primary, secondary and tertiary, but there are huge challenges in providing quality coverage to all its 214 million citizens. Brazil devoted only 10.5% of its public budget to health in 2019, well below the OECD average of 15.3%. Rates of obesity are on the rise, while harmful alcohol consumption has tripled to 17.1% in just six years. More preventative measures and better efficiencies are needed to address these and other lifestyle-related conditions, as well as the challenges of an ageing population.
