Abstract Introduction: The Health Surveillance Strengthening Project implemented in 2012 in Minas Gerais -subsidized by a local diagnosis- aimed at decentralizing Health Surveillance. Objectives: To characterizes the local Health Surveillance services in the state of Minas Gerais in 2014. Method: Descriptive study that analyzed 527 (62%) out of a total of 853 counties. The common variables to the Health Surveillance areas were instruments of management, financing, professional category, qualification and information system. Specific variables to the Health Surveillance areas were characterized infrastructure, reference services and actions. Frequencies, medians, interquartile differences and Spearman’s coefficient (p< 0.05) were analyzed. Results: An association among mana-gement tools, availability of professional categories, information system and population size (p<0.001) was observed. Insufficient infrastructure in the Sanitary and Environmental Surveillance and predominance of programmatic actions against monitoring actions were observed. Conclusions: The challenge of Health Surveillance demands confrontations in the field of management, practices and financing. Author Biographies Lucília Nunes Assis, Escola de Saúde Pública do Estado de Minas Gerais (ESP-MG), Belo Horizonte, MG Doutoranda em Saúde Coletiva do Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz/CpQRR; Mestre em Medicina Social - ISC/UFBA; Especialista em Medicina Comunitária - ISC/UFBA; Analista em Educação e Pesquisa em Saúde- Escola de Saúde Pública do Estado de Minas Gerais/ESP-MG
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