Resumen

MALTA, Deborah Carvalho; MORAIS NETO, Otaliba Libânio de  y  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.

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

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