Trabalho, Educação e Saúde - TES (Work, Education and Health) is an open access scientific journal, edited by the Joaquim Venâncio Polytechnic School of Health, from Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.
This article aimed to discuss the proposals for reorganizing pharmaceutical assistance during the Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic by the health departments of the Brazilian states and the Federal District. To this end, a documentary search of the files made available on the websites of the aforementioned departments was carried out. The interpretation of the data showed three categories of discussion on the reorganization of pharmaceutical assistance in the Unified Health System: ensuring access to health technologies, tele-pharmacy and promoting the rational use of medicines and safety in dispensing. In addition to offering a system of supply of essential technologies for the functioning of health services, pharmaceutical assistance actions were cited as strategic for the dissemination of evidence-based information, contributing to the completeness, resolvability and efficiency of health interventions.
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