Objective: Assess the overall score of the Primary Health Care in municipalities where children and adolescents living with HIV reside, according to the PCATool-Brazil instrument, professional version.
Methods: Quantitative study with 527 professionals in 25 municipalities where children and adolescents living with HIV reside. Data collection took place between March and August 2014, by applying PCATool-Brazil instrument, professional version. In the data analysis, we used Pearson's chi-square test, the Mann Whitney test and Poisson regression. All ethical aspects were respected.
Results: The overall assessment of the Basic Health Unit (BHU) and the Family Health Strategy's (FHS) service quality was satisfactory (6.80). When BHU and FHS were compared, only the latter showed a high score (7.06).
Conclusions: Despite the satisfactory overall score, the need to expand the FSH coverage, and encourage the promotion of competitive public service examinations and the qualification of these professionals.