Programa De Controle E Eliminação Da Filariose Linfática: Uma Parceria Da Secre Taria De Saúde De Olinda-pe, Brasil, Com O Serviço De Referência Nacional Em Filarioses
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: The technical and scientific knowledge accumulated along the years aboutbancroftosis, added to the parasite’s biology information, where: men is a reservoir,a culicidium is responsible for transmission, no multiplication occurs in the host, donot represent an infectious and contagious disease, and the availability of efficaciousdrug; makes this disease as potentially eliminable until the year 2020, according tothe World Health Organization. This report describes, at first hand, the Eliminationof Lymphatic Filariasis Program at the city of Olinda (Pernambuco State, Brazil), in particular the mass drug administration performed by the Family Health Programteams, the selection of sentinel groups, and the situational diagnosis of morbidity.Recommendations for evaluation and follow-up of the impact of these actionswith several diagnostic tools, integrated to vectorial evaluation, are described. Inaddition, this report shows the importance of articulation and integration betweenthe National Center of Lymphatic Filariasis and the Municipal Health Secretary ofOlinda, associating research and services targeting to the success of the program.
Authors: Abraham Rocha, Márcia Marcondes, José Ronaldo Vasconcelos Nunes, Tereza Miranda, João Paulo Cândia Veiga, Paulo Sérgio Ramos de Araújo, Wanessa Tenório, Ana Maria Aguiar-Santos
Language: Portuguese
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2265766764