“At this very moment, Brazil is undergoing profound political changes that will certainly impact on health, education and other social programs. Continued monitoring of inequalities in health is now more important than ever before, in order to document trends and provide reliable data to be fed back to politicians and—more importantly—to civil society"

With this affirmation professor Victora closes his comment, published today (November 17th) on the International Journal for Equity in Health. It is an important contribution to the discussions about investment reductions in health and education by the current Brazilian government.

The same issue presents other relevant papers that treat in a qualified way the characteristics of inequalty in health in Brazil. See more details at IJEH's website.