Cerebral palsy in Brazil: A landmark step toward population‐based surveillance in Latin America

Key Points

• To implement population-based surveillance for cerebral palsy in Brazil as a model for Latin America.
• Establishment of a surveillance system for tracking cerebral palsy cases
• Involvement of healthcare professionals and organizations in data collection
• Use of epidemiological methods to analyze patterns and disparities
• Enhanced understanding of cerebral palsy prevalence in the Brazilian population
• Identification of health disparities within different regions
• Recommendations for public health interventions to improve care