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Health conditions in Brazil vary from region to region. Most large cities have sufficient doctors, but interior regions suffer shortages of physicians, nurses, hospitals, clinics, and pharmacists. Brazil has more than 16,000 hospitals, clinics, and local health centres and some 200,000 physicians.
The Organic Social Security Law of Brazil, enacted in the 1930s and modified in the late 1970s, covers urban workers, rural workers, and federal civil servants. The urban workers receive a wide range of benefits, including health insurance and old-age pensions. These benefits are funded by workers, employers, and the government. Rural workers and federal civil servants receive lesser benefits, mainly help with health care. The 1988 constitution provides for a 40-hour workweek, maternity leave of 120 days, and paternity leave of 5 days.
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