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In 2007, a new Regionalisation Master Plan (Plano Diretor de Regionalização - PDR), which established the boundaries of nine macro and 28 micro health regions, was launched in the state of Bahia. Based on this novel regional distribution and on the stipulations of Ruling no. 399/GM dated February 22, 2006, that instituted the 2006 Pact for Health, pact-based regional organisations called Micro-Regional Management Boards (Colegiados de Gestão Microrregional - CGMR) were established for each of the 28 micro-regions. Resulting from a state management initiative, several technical groups and regional health boards formulated a new State Health Plan (Plano Estadual de Saúde - PES) grounded on the regional planning of health actions.||...