Pará hosts CIT meeting for the first time, honoring SUS and strategic pacts for Brazilian health
Unprecedented event on Combu Island brought together the Ministry of Health, Conass, Conasems, and state and municipal secretaries to discuss health emergencies and challenges in the Legal Amazon
The Government of Pará, through the State Department of Public Health (Sespa), hosted the 9th Ordinary Meeting of the Tripartite Inter-Management Commission (CIT) this Thursday (25). Held for the first time in Pará, the meeting took place on Combu Island, in Belém, gathering around 180 managers from the Ministry of Health, states, and municipalities to discuss pacts that strengthen the Unified Health System (SUS).
At the opening, tributes were made in celebration of the 35th anniversary of SUS to managers and personalities who contributed to the construction of the system. Among the honorees was the Secretary of Health of Pará, Ivete Vaz.
“Receiving this tribute is a great honor. The mission of a health manager is arduous and requires many personal sacrifices, because our priority is always to respond to the population. I have previously led Sespa at another time, and returning to the position shows how much I believe in this cause. Pará is open to hosting CIT and Conass meetings, reaffirming our commitment to strengthening SUS,” highlighted Ivete Vaz.
The meeting reinforced Pará's prominence in the national health agenda and brought reflections on regional and climatic challenges. For the Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Adriano Massuda, the location of the meeting was strategic.
“This is a very special meeting, held for the first time in Belém, a fundamental dialogue space between the Ministry of Health, states, and municipalities. Brazil has faced great challenges, from severe droughts to historic floods, and we need to strengthen SUS's capacity to respond to these health emergencies. Here, we discussed the reality of the Amazon, the need to improve specific policies for the biome, and we also advanced on priority topics, such as the Now There Are Specialists program, recently approved by the National Congress. This meeting inspires us to project the next 35 years of a stronger, more resilient health system prepared to serve the Brazilian population,” emphasized Adriano Massuda.
The president of Conass, Tânia Mara Coelho, highlighted the role of CIT as a space for uniting forces. “CIT is the great assembly that brings together the Ministry of Health, state and municipal secretaries to agree on public policies that will directly reflect on the care of the population. It is a rich moment of debates, discussions, and agreements, fundamental to strengthening SUS,” she stated.
For the president of Conasems, Hisham Mohamad Hamida, hosting CIT in the Amazon was symbolic. “Here, the health challenges are very specific, which makes this meeting even more emblematic. Discussing policies in the Amazon territory brings the agreement closer to local realities, ensuring that the decisions made reach the population concretely,” he pointed out.
Representing state managers, the Secretary of Health of Santa Catarina, Diogo Silva, reinforced the importance of federative dialogue. “It is essential that we can collectively debate the needs of the country, also supporting agendas from other regions. All Brazilians need to have equal access to health, and meetings like this accelerate responses for the population,” he said.
In addition to discussing policies such as AdaptaSUS, palliative care, transplants, pharmaceutical assistance, and innovation in telemedicine, CIT also established itself as a space for agreements between the Union, states, and municipalities to face current challenges and prepare the health system for the future.
With an intense and representative agenda, the meeting reinforced the democratic and federative character of SUS. The program concluded with a cultural presentation that valued the Amazonian identity and highlighted the importance of integrating the different realities of the country.
