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Completeness and characterization of gestational and congenital syphilis record...
Santos Soares, Maria Auxiliadora; Aquino Guimarães Pereira, RosanaObjective: To describe the characteristics and completeness of notifications of gestational and congenital syphilis across the state of Bahia, Brazil, in the period 2007-2017. Methods: This ecological study with data obtained from Notifiable Diseases Information System (Sinan). Incidence rates at the macro-regional and state levels and percentage of completeness were calculated. Results: 15.050 cases of gestaci...
The contribution of primary health care in the SUS network to face Covid-19
Giovanella, Ligia; Martufi, Valentina; Carolina Ruiz Mendoza, Diana; Helena Magalhães de Mendonça, Maria; Emilia Moraes Bousquat, AyleneThe focus on individual care for severe cases neglected the community-centered approach required to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic in the Unified Health System (SUS) in Brazil. This essay argues that the Family Health Strategy (ESF), by means of its multi-professional teams and community and territorial orientation, is able to successfully develop the community approach required to deal with the pandemic. Insp...