Population-based surveys and monitoring of noncommunicable diseases
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National population surveys are essential to learn the health profile, the distribution of risk factors and their tendencies, as well as health inequalities. The information collected periodically allow the monitoring of actions and programs and of health in different population subgroups and subsidize the planning and management of collective health interventions1-3. Recently, Brazil has stood out by the improvement and advances in the health information systems, as well as in the organization of epidemiological surveys1-3.
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