A FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING INDIGENOUS WATER SECURITY ALIGNED WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BRAZILIAN UNIFIED HEALTH SYSTEM (SUS)
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https://doi.org/10.56238/revgeov16n4-082Keywords:
Indigenous Peoples, Water Security, Performance Evaluation, Assessment Framework, Brazilian AmazonAbstract
This paper presents framework for assessing water safety in Indigenous Communities within the Brazilian Amazonian Region. The framework follows the principles of Special Secretariat of Indigenous Health (SESAI) within the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). The first contribution of this paper is that it presents a literature review comprising works published internationally between 2015 and 2025 including studied of indigenous public health, natural resource management and indigenous peoples in the state of Para. The second contribution is that the framework reported can support assessments of water safety according to set of Key Performance indicators (KPIs) specified reflect Brazilian public policy. The KPIs enables the assessment of water safety by integrating technical, environmental, and socio-cultural dimensions. Besides it takes into account the Brazilian guidelines, it also taken into account international recommendations from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the World Health Organization (WHO). By the end an illustrative application is an illustrative application of the assessment procedure introduced based on real public open data, and it discusses research insights and opportunities are also highlighted.
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