Who is Cláudio Cordovil
I'm a journalist, a public health researcher and, in my spare time, a translator of bureaucratese into good old plain Portuguese. I've been through newspaper editorial offices, scientific congresses and many SUS forms - and I'm still here, trying to make information become law.
I started at Jornal do Brasil, escrevendo sobre ciência e saúde, na década de 1990. Cobri de tudo: da luta antimanicomial à criação do SUS. Ganhei até o Prêmio José Reis de Jornalismo Científico concedido pelo CNPq, mas o verdadeiro prêmio sempre foi quando alguém dizia: “ah, agora entendi!”. Porque entender é o primeiro passo pra exigir.
Later, in 2015, I joined Fiocruz as a civil servant and public health researcher. I've become familiar with topics such as rare diseases, health economics, climate and the environment. I always keep an eye on how these discussions, which sometimes seem to be from another planet, affect the lives of those on the crowded bus, at the health centre or queuing for social benefits.
I created the newsletter Bioethics for All People and the blog Patient Academy.I've created two spaces where I try to talk to those who are generally ignored by public policies. It's a text without winding things up, without Latinisation, without the need for a dictionary.
On SolidaritasI do what I like best: combine quality information with language that makes sense. Here, there's no promise of a miracle, but there are step-by-step instructions, empathetic explanations and, when necessary, even a little joke in the middle - because if life is hard, information doesn't have to be either.
If you've ever given up on understanding a public policy because it seemed Greek, this blog is for you. Because knowledge is power - and nobody lets go of anyone's hand when they have clear information in the other.
Shall we go together?
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