| ADAPS | Agency for the development of primary health care |
| APS | Atenção Primária à Saúde |
| ANVISA | National Agency of Sanitary Surveillance |
| BMI | Body mass index |
| BRL | Brazilian Real |
| CAD | Canadian Dollar |
| CaSAPS | Primary health care service portfolio |
| CFM | Brazilian Federal Council of Medicine |
| CGTIC | General Co‑ordination of Information and Communications Technology |
| CHW | Community health worker |
| CIB | Comissão Intergestores Bipartite |
| CIT | Comissão Intergestores Tripartite |
| CQC | Care Quality Commission |
| CLT | Consolidation of Labor Law |
| CNS | National Council of Health |
| CME | Continuous medical education |
| CNES | National Register of health facilities |
| CONASS | National Council of State Health Secretaries |
| CONASEMS | National Council of the Municipal Health Secretaries |
| COSEMS | State Council of Municipal Health Secretariats |
| CPG | Clinical practice guideline |
| DATASUS | Informatics Department of the Sistema Único de Saúde |
| DENASUS | National Audit Department of Sistema Único de Saúde |
| DGMP | DigiSUS Gestor – Módulo Planejamento |
| EHR | Electronic health record |
| ENADE | National Exam of Student Performance |
| ESD 28 | The Brazilian National Digital Health Strategy 2020‑28 |
| ESF | Family Health Strategy |
| FBG | Fasting blood glucose |
| FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
| FCM | Family and community medicine |
| FHT | Family health team |
| GESAC | Electronic Government – Citizen Assistance Service |
| GP | General practitioner |
| HPV | Human papillomavirus |
| HSBP | High systolic blood pressure |
| IBGE | Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics |
| ICT | Information and communication technologies |
| INCA | National Cancer Institute |
| INEP | Institute of Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira |
| LAC | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| LDCT | Low-dose computed tomography |
| MACC | Modelo de Atenção às Condições Crônicas |
| MCTIC | Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation |
| MDP | More Doctor Programme |
| MLA | Medical Licensing Assessment |
| NASF | Family health support centres |
| NCD | Non-communicable disease |
| NHS | National Health Service |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development |
| PaRIS | Patient-Reported Indicator Surveys |
| PACS | Community Health Agents Programme |
| PAHO | Pan American Health Organisation |
| PAPS | Planificação da Atenção Primária à Saúde |
| PCAT | Primary health care assessment tool |
| PHC | Primary health care |
| PMAQ | National Programme for Improving Primary Health Care Access and Quality |
| PLAB | Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board |
| PNAB | Política Nacional de Atenção Básica |
| P4P | Pay-for-performance |
| PNIIS | National Policy for Health Information and Informatics |
| PNS | National Health Plan |
| QICH | National Programme for Quality Indicators in Community Healthcare |
| RAS | Health care networks |
| RNDS | National Health Data Network |
| RNP | National School and Research Network |
| RCS | Rural Clinical School |
| RUTE | Brazilian Telemedicine University Network |
| SAEM | Accreditation System of Medical Schools |
| SAPS | Primary Health Care Secretariat |
| SMART | Sistema de Monitoramento e Avaliação de Resultados do Programa Telessaúde |
| SBMFC | Brazilian Society of Family and Community Medicine |
| SINAES | National System for the Evaluation of Higher Education |
| SISAB | Primary Health Care Information System |
| SISCAN | Cancer Information System |
| SISCOLO | Cervical Cancer Information System |
| SISMAMA | Breast Cancer Information System |
| SOBRAMFA | Brazilian Society for Family Medicine |
| SUS | Unified Health System |
| UBS | Basic health care units |
| USD | United States Dollar |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
Primary Health Care in Brazil
