The project “Strengthening Primary Health Care in Brazil and Canada: a Project of Knowledge Exchange for Equity” is sponsored by the Ministry of Health/Department of Primary Care and by National Council of Health Secretariats (CONASS).
Ministry of Health / Department of Primary Care
The Department of Primary Care (Departamento de Atenção Básica - DAB) is linked with the Secretariat of Healthcare, in the Ministry of Health. Family Health, is a strategic priority for the Ministry of Health in organizing Primary Care, and has as its main challenge, the promotion and reorientation of health practices and services into a continual and integrated structure, bringing these services closer to family and as a result, improving the quality of life for Brazilians. It incorporates and reaffirms the basic principles of Brazil’s Unified Health System (SUS) – universality, decentralization, integration, and community participation – through the registration and links with its users. Site: http://dtr2004.saude.gov.br/dab
Conselho Nacional de Secretários de Saúde (CONASS)
The National Council of Health Secretariats (CONASS) is a private, non-profit entity that follows the principles established by the direct public and led by the Secretariats and their legal designates, such as official managers of the Health Secretariats of the States and the Federal District. Within its mandate and competencies, CONASS, established in 1982, maintains exchange initiatives with national and foreign entities with interest in the healthcare sector.
Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (SBMFC) – Brazilian Society for Family and Community Medicine http://www.sbmfc.org.br/
Centro Latino-Americano e do Caribe de Informação em Ciências da Saúde (BIREME) – The Centre for Health Sciences Information of Latin-America and the Caribbean http://www.bireme.br/
Health State Secretariats of each participating state:
