The Cadernos de Saúde Pública (CSP) have the following critical objectives in the field of public health:

  • Keep health professionals and the public informed about epidemiological trends and emerging issues.;
  • Quickly disseminate critical information on public health emergencies and important, relevant new discoveries in the domain of public health.;
  • Inform policies and decision-making based on scientific evidence;
  • Identify and propose solutions for public health problems.;
  • Build national public health capacity:
    • Public Health Data Analysis;
    • Training processes for health professionals (SP specialists, epidemiologists, etc.);
    • Recognition of professional actions that act at the most peripheral level;
  • Stimulate interest from the press and the general public.