The Institute for Health Policy Studies (IEPS- Instituto de Estudos para Políticas de Saúde) is an independent and nonpartisan, non-profit organization, headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, with an office in São Paulo. Our only goal is to contribute to the improvement of public policies concerning the Brazilian health sector.
IEPS supports the idea that the entire Brazilian population should have access to high-quality healthcare, and that the system’s resource usage, as well as its regulation should be of the utmost efficiency; access to healthcare should conform to the principle of equity, with the Brazilian State playing a significant, distributive role.
We believe that the best way to reach these goals is through evidence-based public policy, designed, implemented and monitored with transparency, and always seeking the support of society at large.