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TEIXEIRA, Maria da Glória et al. Seleção das doenças de notificação compulsória: critérios e recomendações para as três esferas de governo. Inf. Epidemiol. Sus [online]. 1998, vol.7, n.1, pp.7-28. ISSN 0104-1673.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S0104-16731998000100002.

This paper reviews the National Epidemilogical Surveillance System, particularly the process of revision and selection of obligatory notifiable diseases. A proposal for a Brazilian List of Obligatory Notifiable Diseases was elaborated, resulting from a selection process based on the assessment of diseases against 13 criteria and on discussions with staff from specific areas of the Ministry of Health, The State and Municipal Health Secretaries and Pan-American Health Organization. The recommendations made are useful for the process of establishing the reportable diseases and conditions, taking into account the purpose of this tool to provide information in a quick and agile manner, and to serve as a basis for decision-making and for the implementation of control and/or prevention activities.

Palabras clave : Epidemiological Surveillance; Reportable Diseases.

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