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63 statements · 1 politicians · April 7, 2026
Statements by Rodrigo Pacheco. 63 transcribed statements, with topic and stance on the ones the analysis classified. Topics: Democracy, Public Health / Public Safety, Public services financing, Public Service.
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Mr. President, Senator Izalci Lucas, allow me to greet you on the occasion of your birthday, wishing Your Excellency much happiness, much health and, above all, a long life — you who are a native of Minas Gerais 'on loan' to the Federal District and for whom we hold great esteem.
My congratulations to Your Excellency on your birthday.
Madam Senators, Mr. Senators, this is the first speech I make in my recent capacity as a member of the PSB and I would like, on this occasion, to thank my previous party, the PSD, through its President Gilberto Kassab and my colleagues Leader Otto Alencar and the current Leader Omar Aziz, for the welcome I received during so long a time in that party, with which I coexisted very harmoniously and very constructively — the PSD is a great party.
Circumstances led me to the PSB, where I was also very well received by national President João Campos, state President Otacílio Costa and by the Vice President of the Republic, Geraldo Alckmin.
About: strengthen democracy in Brazil
With great enthusiasm and dedication, we will work to defend the agendas the party sets out to pursue, above all the defense of democracy and the defense of social causes and of the most vulnerable people in this country.
With great satisfaction, now affiliated to the PSB, with the assent and welcome of Leader Cid Gomes and of the other PSB colleagues in this Chamber, I rise to this podium to celebrate World Health Day.
In times of so many difficulties, so many dilemmas, and so many conflicts of the most varied kinds, speaking about health in Brazil is something absolutely fundamental and unavoidable.
This date, April 7, marks the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization, which was created in 1948 and renews, each year, the collective commitment to life.
To commemorate the date, the World Health Organization chooses a different theme every year.
For 2026, the slogan is: "Together for health. Support science."
About: combat disinformation in health
More than a slogan, that call summarizes the critical moment we live in — a moment in which misinformation, fostered above all by uncontrolled social networks, advances over matters related to health; a moment in which skepticism about vaccines resurfaces and in which the politicization of public health threatens achievements built over decades.
About: base the response to the COVID-19 pandemic on scientific evidence
The response to all of this is not improvisation; it is science, it is evidence, it is public policy grounded in rigorous knowledge.
About: ensure vaccine availability for the entire population
I recall a not-too-distant past, when we were facing the COVID-19 pandemic and, through the effort of this National Congress, starting with the approval of Bill No. 534 of 2021, authored by me, we were able to put this into practice.
About: ensure vaccine availability for the entire population
The vaccine law enabled the purchase of immunizers against the coronavirus and saved thousands of lives.
That is science; that is care for the citizen.
About: base the response to the COVID-19 pandemic on scientific evidence
Talking about science in public administration means ensuring that every resource invested and every decision made are based on what is most modern, safe and proven for our population.
About: promote quality and equity in public health policies
It is not only a technical choice but an institutional commitment to the quality and equity of public policies.
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About: ensure vaccine availability for the entire population
Our compass is the Federal Constitution. Since the 1988 Charter, Brazil's health ceased to be charity and became a right for all and a duty of the State.
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About: strengthen public health
It is in this scenario that the Unified Health System (SUS) reveals itself as one of the greatest expressions of citizenship this country has ever built.
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About: strengthen public health
There are 2.8 billion appointments per year, carried out by about 3.5 million dedicated professionals.
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About: strengthen public health
SUS is the only alternative for more than 160 million Brazilians — people who cannot afford a private health plan and who depend entirely on the public structure to be born, to be vaccinated, to treat illnesses, and to age with dignity.
And the strength of this system is proven by the concrete results of science applied to life.
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About: strengthen public health
In 2024, Brazil reached the historic mark of more than 30,000 organ and tissue transplants performed in a single year.
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About: strengthen public health
Of that total, 85% were performed by SUS, confirming that we have the largest public transplant system in the world.
About: strengthen public health
That is science; that is quality public policy.
For this machinery to continue functioning, the Brazilian federative model requires harmony among the entities.
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About: ensure federal structural funding and regulation for health
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.
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.
Minas has continental dimensions: with more than 586,000 square kilometers, our territory surpasses that of France and Spain.
We are 853 municipalities and more than 21 million inhabitants distributed across biomes, terrains and social realities that are profoundly distinct.
About: strengthen health regionalization and strategic investment
Managing health in that territory is a mission that requires scientific planning, strategic investment and responsible regionalization.
About: implement regionalization of health care
We cannot concentrate high-complexity care only in the capital and the major centers.
Each hour a patient spends in an ambulance traveling hundreds of kilometers is one less hour of survival.
Every test that is not performed locally is a lost opportunity for early diagnosis.
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About: implement the Regionalization Master Plan in Minas Gerais
At least on paper, Minas already has a Master Plan of Regionalization coordinated by the State Health Department.
The current version subdivides the state into 16 macro-regions and 89 micro-regions of health.
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About: implement the Regionalization Master Plan in Minas Gerais
The plan is the basis for the agreed and integrated programming and aims to organize the state's Health Care Network.
The objective is to establish patient flows and to guide investments in medium and high-complexity care, reducing regional shortages.
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About: reduce the gap between planning and execution of regional health
However, there is still an abyss between technical planning and the care reality.
In real life, the patient from a small town still cannot secure a bed in the referral hospital.
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