OBJECTIVES: to divulge procedures and operational routines of epidemiological surveillance of AIDS in women and children in the state of Pernambuco in order to promote its use towards the improvement of the quality of health care. METHODS: normative and literature review, standardization and systematization of essential information on operational categories - case definition, notification, investigation, measurements of prevention, control and sampling collection. RESULTS: standardized operational procedures for the epidemiological surveillance of AIDS in women and children. CONCLUSIONS: standardization and systematization associated with adequate publicizing and dissemination among health professionals and health services contributes to interventions on time and to the quality of standardized actions.
Women's health; Child health; AIDS; Health management