Primary Care in Alagoas: the expansion of the Family Health Strategy, of the Nasf and of the nourishment and nutrition component

The article describes the evolution of Primary Health Care in Alagoas, with emphasis on the enlargement of the Family Health Strategy, of the Support Center for Family Health, and of the nourishment and nutrition component. Descriptive study using information systems datas of the Ministry of Health. The Family Health Strategy has been extended in Alagoas, with simultaneous adherence to the Support Center for Family Health, and increase in the coverage of iron and vitamin A supplementation, and of the Nutritional Alimentary Surveillance System. There was favorable evolution in Primary Care in the state, with regard to the population coverage of the Family Health Strategy, to the Support Center for Family Health, and to the nutrition’s component, highlighting the need for studies that evaluate the quality of these policies.

Family health; Primary Health Care; Nutrition in public health