BRASIL E A “DIPLOMACIA DA SAÚDE”: UM RECORTE TEMPORAL DA ATUAÇÃO DO ESTADO NA PANDEMIA DE COVID-19

Abstract

This study is about the Brazilian scenario in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. At the beginning of the Sars-Cov-2 outbreak, which caused COVID-19, there was too much concern that cases might grow rapidly, a fact that happened in a short time, turning the Chinese epidemic into a pandemic of broad multilateral scope. Until the closing of this research, Brazil - the object of the art of this study - is the second country in the global ranking of the most cases of serious acute infection that attacks the lungs; therefore, it is the first country in Latin America in number of cases. According to what has been presented, this survey will seek to answer whether the measures adopted by Brazil were consonant to what was determined by the World Health Organization (WHO) and to the ideal of health diplomacy engendered by that organization. In this context, the general objective is to establish a general panorama (numerical and actions) of Brazil in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, it becomes a specific objective to analyze, in a critical manner, such panorama in parallel to the position of the WHO. It is worth mentioning that this research has an exploratory character and uses a critical qualitative methodology; thus, it builds the theoretical framework from the integration of reports published in widely known journalism websites in Brazil, thematic bulletins of institutions, as well as national legislation, ordinances and protocols. The article concludes that the lack of technically competent leaders has caused the country to suffer internally as one of the highest statistics of fatal victims; it also considers that the pandemic is a point of need for consistent communication between the State, the International System and Civil Society.