Health is politics… There is a great disorder under heaven: the “communal” experience of the 15 th Congresso Paulista de Saúde Pública

Abstract

This text aims to present a brief account of the preparatory activities of the 15th Congresso Paulista de Saúde Pública, held in the second half of 2017. Within the material that was used, there are notes taken during the preparatory meetings, excerpts from the exchanged messages and, fundamentally, the living record contained in the memory of the authors, as participants in the organization process. We present then the contours of the necessary health politicization and the trends that were mainly observed in the activities carried out in all the regional centers of the Associação Paulista de Saúde Pública. It was also highlighted the particularity of the congress, which presented a very innovative program proposal; it was a forward-looking propulsive congress, composed by nine events hosted in the regions in which are located the association centers. The 10th event (a closing activity) took place in São Paulo as a theoretical-political celebration. At last, we highlight the strengthening of associative ties and the consolidation of the organization into nuclei.