Abstract

RUFFINO-NETTO, Antonio  and  SOUZA, Ana Maria de Azevedo Figueiredo de. Health sector reform and tuberculosis control in Brazil. Inf. Epidemiol. Sus [online]. 1999, vol.8, n.4, pp.35-51. ISSN 0104-1673.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S0104-16731999000400003.

This paper presents a summary of the epidemiological situation of tuberculosis in Brazil, its history, general information about Health Sector reforms and its consequences on the control of the endemy and nowadays proposals of the Brazilian Ministry of Health.

Keywords : Tuberculosis; Health Sector Reform; Epidemiology.

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