Rodrigo Pacheco: That is science; that is quality public policy.
Rodrigo Pacheco: For this machinery to continue functioning, the Brazilian federative model requires harmony among the entities.
It is the Union's responsibility to provide structural financing and general regulation; it is the municipalities' responsibility to carry out direct provision on the front line, where life happens, where the community health agent knocks on the door, where the child is vaccinated and the elderly person is welcomed; and it is the states' strategic and irreplaceable role to coordinate, provide technical support and ensure universal access to health.
Rodrigo Pacheco: It is here that we need to cast an attentive and technical eye on Minas Gerais, a state often taken as an emblematic portrait of Brazilian complexity.
Rodrigo Pacheco: Minas has continental dimensions: with more than 586,000 square kilometers, our territory surpasses that of France and Spain.