ABSTRACT
This essay addresses the diagnosis unfavorable to the Family Health Strategy that subsidized a package of reforms implemented by the Ministry of Health, in this context, in 2019. In order to review this diagnosis, under the hypothesis of an error in its formulation, a document analysis was performed of the federal government’s collection on the subject. The initial hypothesis was confirmed with support in pertinent bibliography, referenced in the text. Technical errors were evidenced in the evaluation of the efficiency and productivity of the Family Health Strategy. Errors in the historical field were also evidenced, especially regarding the disregard of the positive results achieved in this context of primary care, of the incentive policies implemented with such purpose and of the characteristics inherent to the challenges of a still unfinished process of health reform - an invisible issue in that diagnosis. In conclusion, this essay refutes the Ministry of Health’s diagnosis and recommends that the evaluation process of the Family Health Strategy be remade in a participatory manner, in light of the principles of strategic-situational planning.
KEYWORDS
Primary Health Care; Family Health Strategy; Diagnosis of health situation; Health care reform