The importance of the Unifi ed Health System for the improvement of Public Health

This article aims to rescue the relevance of the Unifi ed Health System (SUS) as a PublicPolicy that underpins the promotion and prevention of collective health. The methodology used was an integrative literature review from the search for articles in Lilacs, MedLine and Scielo databases, using the descriptors: SUS, Collective and Public Health, History of Health.The descriptors were crossed to elucidate the implications of actions with promotion and prevention for the improvement of collective health.

Keywords: Unified Health System, Public health, Community health planning, Total quality management.