Abstract
This article sought to discuss the access of the riverside population to health services. An important challenge for SUS nowadays is to reach the most affected populations, including the riverside communities and other inland populations. It was a qualitative-descriptive study using a literature review method. Equal access is something to be desired, since people who live in cities and large urban centers have a closer relationship and facilitate access to health care, while riverside residents often need to move from where they live to another community, city and even another municipality, leading to extra expenses on family income or even preventing that citizen from seeking health care. When it comes to advancement in health, education goes hand in hand with an individual's evolutionary cycle, through which human beings are able to learn and develop activities.