International dissemination of Brazil’s public health system and its technical cooperation initiatives for sickle cell disease, 2006-2010

This study is aligned with other research that critically analyzes the way sickle cell disease has been framed as a global burden to health since the 2000s. To this end, the study investigates Brazilian attempts to establish structural technical cooperation programs in health with Benin, Ghana, and Senegal, based on the comprehensive care model offered to people with sickle cell disease under its public health system, the Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde, SUS). This international initiative is part of a broader drive to disseminate internationally the values of universalism and equality, enshrined in the Brazilian health reform and embodied in SUS.