Surveillance, health promotion and control of Chagas disease in the Amazon Region - Medical attention in the Brazilian Amazon Region: a proposal

dc.creatorCoura, José Rodrigues
dc.creatorJunqueira, Angela C. V.
dc.date2015-11-12T10:26:14Z
dc.date2015-11-12T10:26:14Z
dc.date2015
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T20:45:30Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T20:45:30Z
dc.identifierCOURA, José Rodrigues; JUNQUEIRA, Angela C. V. Surveillance, health promotion and control of Chagas disease in the Amazon Region - Medical attention in the Brazilian Amazon Region: a proposal. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, v.110, n.7, p.825-830, Nov. 2015.
dc.identifier0074-0276
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/12197
dc.identifier10.1590/0074-02760150153
dc.identifier1678-8060
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8863345
dc.descriptionWe refer to Oswaldo Cruz’s reports dating from 1913 about the necessities of a healthcare system for the Brazilian Amazon Region and about the journey of Carlos Chagas to 27 locations in this region and the measures that would need to be adopted. We discuss the risks of endemicity of Chagas disease in the Amazon Region. We recommend that epidemiological surveillance of Chagas disease in the Brazilian Amazon Region and Pan-Amazon region should be implemented through continuous monitoring of the human population that lives in the area, their housing, the environment and the presence of triatomines. The monitoring should be performed with periodic seroepidemiological surveys, semi-annual visits to homes by health agents and the training of malaria microscopists and healthcare technicians to identify Trypanosoma cruzi from patients’ samples and T. cruzi infection rates among the triatomines caught. We recommend health promotion and control of Chagas disease through public health policies, especially through sanitary education regarding the risk factors for Chagas disease. Finally, we propose a healthcare system through base hospitals, intermediate-level units in the areas of the Brazilian Amazon Region and air transportation, considering the distances to be covered for medical care.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherFundação Oswaldo Cruz
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subjectAmazônia
dc.subjectSurveillance
dc.subjectHealth promotion
dc.subjectControl
dc.subjectChagas Disease
dc.subjectBrazilian Amazon Region
dc.subjectEpidemiologia
dc.subjectPromoção da Saúde
dc.subjectDoença de Chagas
dc.titleSurveillance, health promotion and control of Chagas disease in the Amazon Region - Medical attention in the Brazilian Amazon Region: a proposal
dc.typeArticle


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