CIDACS aims to conduct interdisciplinary studies and research, develop new scientific methodology, and promote professional training using linked large-scale databases and high-performance computational resources in a secure environment. The CIDACS was created in 2016 in Salvador, Brazil. Administrative data is at the core of the activities conducted by CIDACS. The primary data source is the Unified Registry for Social Programmes (CadUnico) database, which includes individuals eligible to receive benefits from over 20 governmental social protection programmes. By 2015, more than 114 million people were registered in CadUnico, representing 57% of the entire Brazilian population. Some of the other databases currently stored at CIDACS, such as those detailing information on deaths, births, notification of infectious diseases, and other acute events, cover the entire Brazilian population.

Recruitment is ongoing