The National Health Council in the COVID-19 pandemic

an analysis of the normative and non-normative acts between 2020 and 2022

Abstract

The present article presents the outcomes of the normative research on the combat against the
COVID-19 pandemic at the National Health Council (Conselho Nacional de Saúde – CNS) from February
2020 to March 2022. This is a documental, descriptive-analytical study, with qualitative approach, using the technical analysis of content. Seventy-seven acts were issued by the CNS Collegiate, there included 63 recommendations, 6 opinions, 5 motions, 2 technical notes and 1 resolution. Most part of the documents (59%)
were worked out during the first year of the pandemic. Despite the Council’s performance when combating the COVID-19, non-binding acts may be highlighted, the CNS normative production concentrating in merely guidance recommendations.