Evaluates the contribution of the scientific production of the UFPE Post-Graduation Program in Tropical Medicine (2004 to 2012) with the social needs in tropical health in the state of Pernambuco. For this, use as reference the State Health Plan (2012-2015) developed by the State Government of Pernambuco. On the methodological aspect, this study is characterized as descriptive, and used the Scientometry the basis for measuring whether the publications of permanent researchers from the UFPE Post-Graduation Program in Tropical Medicine were aligned to the problems outlined in the State Health Plan. The methodological steps were: a) data collection training and scientific production of the researchers in the Lattes Platform of CNPq; b) issue identification of scientific literature conducted by researchers involved and mapping of tropical diseases cited in the State Health Plan; c) construction and application of interviews with researchers through a questionnaire. As main results, it is clear that research motivations are: a) adjustment of production to research lines established by the Program, and b) the opportunity to provide benefits to society, noting as well that the motivations for carrying out the surveys are social, having little infiluence of the private sector. About the alignment of themes produced with social needs in Tropical Health in the state of Pernambuco, it turns out that the program has been expanding the tropical disease concept of scope for infectious diseases, and for this reason, HIV appears at the top of the most representative themes.262185199