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Brazil health service adjustments and expands mobile unit deployment health units via ‘Agora Tem Especialis
In mid‑July, a clinic in Pernambuco under the SASSEPE plan halted appointments, adding to Following earlier reports of service interruptions at SASSEPE‑affiliated providers across the state. Simultaneously, Sergipe’s Centro de Atenção à Saúde in Aracaju moved to continuous 7 a.m.–5 p.m. hours, with medication token distribution running until 4 p.m. Municipalities in Paraná and São Paulo ran targeted mutirões to clear diagnostic backlogs: Piên held a second ultrasound campaign and Sapé organized a one‑day tomography drive that eliminated its waiting list. The Municipal Hospital of Salvador opened two pediatric‑surgery triage sessions (40 slots each on 23 July and 6 August) for children aged 1‑14, covering hernia repairs, skin‑lesion removals, frenotomies and other procedures. Later in July, a wave of initiatives spread across states: the Amazonas Health Secretariat held a weekend neuropediatria mutirão; Parintins scheduled a 20th videolaparoscopic gall‑bladder surgery mutirão; Piên’s ultrasound mutirão continued; Itabuna moved patients to a newly rebuilt family‑health unit; Teresina’s “Teresina Viva” program deployed mobile health, dental and wellness services; Porto Velho organized a free elderly‑care event; Sapé’s tomography drive cleared 20 cases; Belém opened a new polyclinic Pernambuco and renovated a UBS; Rio Grande da Serra reported a zero‑waitlist for mammograms. Following the postponement of a new mobile various regional diagnostic imaging unit originally slated for 24 July, campaigns, the Brazilian Ministry of Health has since deployed various expanded the deployment of mobile medical units under the ‘Agora Tem Especialistas’ program to reduce specialized service waiting times. In southern Bahia, specifically in Itabuna, a mobile unit for women's women’s health has been providing cancer screenings, with a provides mammographies, ultrasounds, and biopsies for breast and cervical cancer. Ministry of Health superintendent noting Joanna Paroli noted that the unit detected cancerous lesions in approximately 20% to 30% of patients examined during its first three weeks. In Mato Grosso do Sul, a unit in Campo Grande performs up to 120 daily procedures, including X-rays and CT scans, with plans to expand services to all 79 municipalities in the state by year-end. Other specialized units, including one for eye health and cataract surgeries, are also operational. Further deployments under the program, established by Law No. 15.233/2025, have reached Nerópolis (GO) and Goianinha (RN). These multidisciplinary units focus on early cancer diagnosis through mammographies, pelvic and transvaginal ultrasounds, and biopsies. In Nerópolis, the unit serves the local population plus 24 surrounding cities, while in Goianinha, it serves the municipality and 26 other cities. Access to these services requires patients to be pre-scheduled and referred by their municipal health secretariats via the Unified Health System (SUS).