the National Comprehensive Healthcare Policy for the black population has defined a set of principles, guidelines and objectives for improving this population's health conditions, including healthcare and attendance actions, among others, with the aim of promoting healthcare equity and comprehensiveness. this paper describes the experience of implementing a healthcare service linked to a Candomblé yard. In undertaking the project, we found support from managers and professionals, but there were some obstacles (prejudice, religious intolerance, cordial racism and “invisibility”). We began to diagnose women's health and their families' health, and we developed healthcare and health education actions. the challenge that stood out was to establish mechanisms for sustainability, since the project did not meet all the needs of the group, while it allowed us to “open an analytical eye” regarding equity and comprehensiveness of healthcare actions for the black population with links to Afro-Brazilian religions.
African continental ancestry group; Integral health care; Afro-Brazilian religion; Equity in health