For democracy and health: a trajectory of multiple voices and the ecology of knowledge

Abstract

In an interview with Reciis, public health physician Lucia Souto tells how her work in community medicine motivated her to pursue scientific research to understand the persistent Brazilian inequalities. Active in several popular movements and national conferences focused on health, the researcher provides an overview of the trajectory of national health conferences, particularly from the 8^th to the 17^th held this year (2023). She considers that there has been an increased popular participation in the guarantee of the right to health. The public health expert states that a democratic society cannot exist without a radical popularization of the means of communication and information, in which a plurality of voices and an ecology of knowledge are manifested. Lucia Souto is head of the Social Participation and Diversity Advisory Office at the Ministry of Health.