Goals
Aimed at a reading audience formed primarily by SUS health professionals, such as technicians, 
nurses, doctors and health managers, the publication aims to foster discussions for the 
improvement of public policies and for decision-making in the area of Collective Health.

Areas of interest

Collective Health, Health Systems and Services, Public Policies, Teaching, Research and 
Communication in Health and Health Technology Assessment.

Historic

Launched in 1994, BIS gained a technical-scientific profile in 1999, considered the base year for 
counting the publication in volume and number. In 2009, BIS started to present a thematic nucleus
in each edition,in addition to other technical-scientific articles, written by researchers from
the different Research Nucleus of the Institute and other teaching and research institutions in
the area of ​​Collective Health.

Frequency

Semiannual

Open Access Policy

This magazine offers immediate free access to its content, following the principle that making 
scientific knowledge freely available to the public provides greater worldwide democratization 
of knowledge.