[Training of human resources for universal health: strategic actions from academic institutions]. / Formación de recursos humanos para la salud universal: acciones estratégicas desde las instituciones académicas.

The challenge of moving towards the right to health for all -through the strategies for universal access to health and universal health coverage (universal health)- requires multiple conditions and actions. One of them is to have sufficient health workers, well distributed and with the skills and motivation needed for the transformation of health services and to provide comprehensive and quality responses to people and their communities. This article presents the results of a dialogue between academics from universities in the Americas, and reflects on four essential dimensions: planning, interprofessional training, social responsibility of academic centers, and the use of models of teaching-service-research. These dimensions are fundamental for a comprehensive training of health professionals that contributes to universal health coverage.

Formación de recursos humanos para la salud universal: acciones estratégicas desde las instituciones académicas

[RESUMEN]. El desafío de avanzar hacia la materialización del derecho a la salud para todos a través de la estrategia para el acceso y la cobertura universal de salud (salud universal) requiere de múltiples condiciones y acciones. Una de ellas es contar con trabajadores de la salud suficientes, bien distribuidos y con las competencias y motivación que hagan posible la transformación de los servicios de salud y proporcionen respuestas integrales y de calidad a las personas y sus comunidades. Este artículo, producto del diálogo de académicos de diversos centros universitarios de las Américas, reflexiona y enfatiza cuatro dimensiones esenciales: la planificación, la formación interprofesional, la misión o responsabilidad social de los centros formadores y el uso de modelos de docencia-servicio-investigación. Estas dimensiones deben ser atendidas para una formación integral de profesionales de salud que contribuyan a hacer factible la salud universal.

[ABSTRACT]. The challenge of moving towards the right to health for all —through the strategies for universal access to health and universal health coverage (universal health)— requires multiple conditions and actions. One of them is to have sufficient health workers, well distributed and with the skills and motivation needed for the transformation of health services and to provide comprehensive and quality responses to people and their communities. This article presents the results of a dialogue between academics from universities in the Americas, and reflects on four essential dimensions: planning, interprofessional training, social responsibility of academic centers, and the use of models of teaching-service-research. These dimensions are fundamental for a comprehensive training of health professionals that contributes to universal health coverage.

Chile: políticas neoliberais e saúde / Chile: neoliberal policies and health

A organizaçäo dos serviços de saúde no Chile apresenta nas últimas décadas dois momentos diferenciáveis, a partir da ruptura da democracia ocorrida em 1973. Um primeiro momento, no qual as políticas, as práticas e os serviços de saúde têm a marca de uma importante presença estatal, em correspondência com uma forma particular de exercer o poder sob o esquema político que se convencionou chamar "Estado benfeitor", "social" ou "assistencial". E um segundo, no qual ocorre uma mudança nas características da dominaçäo, que se exerce através da concentraçäo máxima do poder do Estado, da perda de sua "autonomia relativa" e do uso extensivo da força como recurso principal da dominaçäo