Leprosy control: perspectives & epidemiological and operational aspects
OBJECTIVES: As a starting point, a vast variety of 200 technical papers and documents published during the ten years 1999-2008, from Brazilian and international organizations dedicated to the control of leprosy, was taken. A study was then undertaken to investigate its future evolutive possibilities by employing resources obtained from scenario analyses. DESIGN: The methodological reconstruction in use was of a qualitative nature, based on a bibliographic review and content analysis techniques. The latter were employed in a documental, categorical, contingent, frequency-based format, in compliance with appropriate and pertinent conditions. RESULTS: Nowadays, important elements on epidemiological and operational aspects have been regained, as well as respective perspectives. CONCLUSIONS: A projection is made towards the fact that the maintenance of the disease's present incidence levels constitute economic and sanitary challenges that confront issues ranging from the neoliberal model of global societal organization to specific competences of actions taken by health teams in the field.
Main Authors: | Gonçalves,Aguinaldo, Mantellini,Glauca G., Padovani,Carlos Roberto |
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Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | English |
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Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
2010
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Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652010000600005 |
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