Epidemiological monitoring of tuberculosis in the Republic of Guinea-Bissau / Vigilância epidemiológica da tuberculose na República da Guiné-Bissau

AUTOR(ES)

Cristovão Manjuba

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

Introduction: tuberculosis is a millenarian disease, constituting a public health problem since its discovery until nowadays. Recently, with the advent of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis has developed into other shapes and dimensions, in developed countries and, above all, in developing countries. Objective: to analyze the actions of the Fight against Tuberculosis in the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, the flow of the notification and data information system, from the National Health System. Methodology: this is an exploratory descriptive study that consists on the diagnosis of the situation of tuberculosis in the country, in the period between 2000 and 2005, by means of survey of secondary information from the main epidemiological and operational indicators used in the country. Calculations of coefficients, rates, were made as well as the standardization by the direct method of coefficients of incidence of infectious (smear-positive) cases for comparison. Results: in the period of study, 10.623 cases of tuberculosis were registered. The lowest coefficient of tuberculosis incidence was of 116,4/100,000 inhabitants in the year of 2003, and highest one was of 131,3/100,000 inhabitants in 2005. The highest coefficient of mortality registered was of 16,8/100,000 inhabitants, in 2005. The highest lethality rate was of 11,8% in 2005, and the lowest was of 5,1% in 2003. Conclusion: it is possible to notice that the active search for respiratory symptomatic is still low, as well as the covering of DOTS strategy, because of possible technical operational problems. The improvement of diagnosis in the country is necessary, specially the extra pulmonary clinical form, and also a system of notification and efficient information in all levels.

ASSUNTO(S)

tuberculose epidemiological monitoring vigilância epidemiológica programa nacional de luta contra a tuberculose na guiné-bissau saúde na república da guiné-bissau health in the republic of guinea-bissau tuberculosis national program of fight against tuberculosis in guinea-bissau

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