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EPIDEMIOLOGIA E SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Volume 20, Issue 4, Pages 425-438Publisher
MINISTERIO DA SAUDE
DOI: 10.5123/S1679-49742011000400002
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chronic diseases; risk factors; epidemiologic surveillance; integral care; cardiovascular diseases
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Objective: this work aims to present a synthesis of the 'Strategic Action Plan to Tackle Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases (NCD) in Brazil, 2011-2022'. Methodology: the plan elaboration counted on the participation of different institutions, Secretariats and technical areas of the Ministry of Health, and other governmental organizations. Results: after ten months of collective construction, NCDs Plan has been broadcast at the High Level Meeting of the United Nations, in September 2011; the Plan defines and prioritizes actions and investments necessary to face and detain NCDs in the next ten years based on three principles: a) surveillance, information, evaluation and monitoring, b) health promotion, and c) integral care. Conclusion: NCDs Plan consolidation depends on the mobilizing of the entire civil society, to contemplate NCDs as priority in national policies and investments.
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