Federal actions to support and strengthen local efforts to combat COVID-19: Primary Health Care (PHC) in the driver's seat.
Erno HarzheimCaroline Martins José Dos SantosLucas WollmannLucas Alexandre PedebôsLívia de Almeida FallerMaximiliano das Chagas MarquesTales Shinji Sawakuchi MineiCarlo Roberto Hackmann da CunhaLuiz Felipe TellesLuana Jonata Nunes de MouraMárcia Helena LealÁtila Szczecinski RodriguesMilena Rodrigues Agostinho RechOtávio Pereira D'ÁvilaPublished in: Ciencia & saude coletiva (2020)
The Ministry of Health, through the Primary Health Care Secretariat and in partnership with the Secretariat of Health Surveillance, built and implemented Primary Health Care (PHC) strategies within the scope of support to local managers and in partnership with the National Health Secretaries Council (CONASS) and the National Municipal Health Secretariats Council (CONASEMS) to combat COVID-19. These actions have PHC as the main responsible for several areas and physical, human, and financial resources, as well as allow boosting national progress towards the use of information and communication technologies and new partnerships for conducting research.