Abstract

MALTA, Deborah Carvalho; MORAIS NETO, Otaliba Libânio de  and  SILVA JUNIOR, Jarbas Barbosa da. Presentation of the strategic action plan for coping with chronic diseases in Brazil from 2011 to 2022. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2011, vol.20, n.4, pp.425-438. ISSN 1679-4974.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742011000400002.

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.

Keywords : chronic diseases; risk factors; epidemiologic surveillance; integral care; cardiovascular diseases.

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