Abstract

BARBOZA, Renato  and  LOPES, Tarsio Vinicius. Non-governmental organizations in the Brazilian Amazon region: the case of health. Rev. psicol. polít. [online]. 2009, vol.9, n.17, pp.149-169. ISSN 2175-1390.

This article presents an exploratory study that identifies and characterizes the role of NGOs in the Brazilian Amazon region in the context of developing the Third Sector in the country. The main source data collection used were the informations of the institutions affiliated in the Brazilian Association of NGOs. Subsequently, the organizations were grouped into two types: “NGOs responsible for developing networks organizations” and “NGOs that doesn’t work primarily on the networks”. These organizations are very important to the consolidation of the intersectoral actions in the Health System. The NGOs that operate in this sector were discussed as a particular case. The article suggests some ways to the strengthning of public health policies at the interface between the State and NGOs in Amazonia, where the government still has a low institutional framework to provide promotion and prevention services to the population.

Keywords : Third sector; NGO; Management; Relationship State/civil society; Unified Health System (SUS-BR).

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