The Role and Impact of the Right to Health: Evidence from Brazil’s Family Health Program

In this article we undertake a legal and policy analysis of Brazil’s Family Health Program which confirms that the right to health extended beyond constitution, into laws, policies, documents associated with program in 1996–2004. We then use Big Data show contributed large sustained gains, including maternal infant mortality, especially among less educated women. For example, data shows progressive realization, enhanced access poor underserved areas, reduced inequalities, all are features health.