ALLIANCE BETWEEN PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND CIVIL SOCIETY ON THE TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL

Abstract

The participation of civil society organizations in social care and public health assistance is a strategy for the population to be represented and have a voice in formulating policies for the benefit of the universal right to health. It is known that the control of various diseases has the civil society alliance, not only in Brazil but in many countries worldwide. Such participation is a right of citizenship. This study, looking to the tuberculosis as a theme, aim to reach scientific evidences of the participation of civil society organizations in the control of infectious diseases through a Systematic Literature Review. It was concluded that there is a little evidence that faces directly with the binomial social participation and tuberculosis control. These rare scientific evidences elucidated support the representation of the effectiveness of civi I society organizations in tuberculosis control. Than, this systematic review raises the importance of the development of new studies in this issue to strengthen the civil society alliance on the health promotion.