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Congenital syphilis: A sentinel event in antenatal care quality

A cross-sectional study was designed to be representative of low-risk pregnancies in women cared for at the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) network in the city of Rio de Janeiro, from November 2007 to July 2008. Pregnant women diagnosed with syphilis were identified through interviews, checking their antenatal care card and searching for reported cases in the public health information systems. Cases of congenital syphilis were sought at the disease reporting system (Sinam), the Mortality Information System (SIM) and the SUS’s Hospital Information System (SIH).
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Meta-evaluation of health management: challenges for “new public health”.

O texto de Tanaka me seduziu pelo seu eco a algumas reflexões que tenho feito ao longo dos últimos cinco anos, iniciadas na 1ª oficina para construção do GT da Abrasco (“Da avaliação em saúde à saúde da avaliação”), e agora revisitadas ao escrever um capítulo de livro sobre “a nova saúde pública”, focalizando a avaliação de desempenho como contribuição ao Plano Nacional de Saúde em Portugal.
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The SINASC descentralization and the completness of variables on Birth Certificates, in municipalities of Minas Gerais form 1998 to 2005.

Live Birth Information System (SINASC) was decentralized to improve information quality and its use. This study evaluated completeness of variables on mother and pregnancy, newborn, and childbirth, available on System database between 1998 and 2005.
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