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Leprosy and gender in Brazil: trends in an endemic area of the Northeast region...
Souza,Eliana Amorim de; Ferreira,Anderson Fuentes; Boigny,Reagan Nzundu; Alencar,Carlos Henrique; Heukelbach,Jorg; Martins-Melo,Francisco RogerlândioABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze, stratifield by gender, trends of the new case leprosy detection rates in the general population and in children; of grade 2 disability, and of proportion of multibacillary cases, in the state of Bahia, Brazil from 2001 to 2014. METHODS A time series study based on leprosy data from the National Information System for Notifiable Diseases. The time trend analysis included Poisson re...
Tendências e padrões espaço-temporais da mortalidade relacionada à hanseníase n...
Souza,Eliana Amorim de; Boigny,Reagan Nzundu; Oliveira,Héllen Xavier; Oliveira,Maria Leide Wand-Del-Rey de; Heukelbach,Jorg; Alencar,Carlos HenriqueResumo Introdução A hanseníase é uma condição negligenciada, com alta carga de morbimortalidade, especialmente em áreas mais desfavoráveis. O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar as tendências e os padrões espaço-temporais da mortalidade relacionada à hanseníase no estado da Bahia, 1999-2014. Objetivo Analisar tendências e padrões espaço-temporais da mortalidade relacionada à hanseníase no Estado da Bahia de 1999...
Social determinants of leprosy in a hyperendemic State in North Brazil
Monteiro,Lorena Dias; Mota,Rosa Maria Salani; Martins-Melo,Francisco Rogerlândio; Alencar,Carlos Henrique; Heukelbach,JorgABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To identify the socioeconomic, demographic, operational, and health service-related factors associated with the occurrence of leprosy in a hyperendemic State in North Brazil. METHODS This is an ecological study based on secondary data from the Sistema de Informações de Agravos de Notificação in municipalities of the State of Tocantins from 2001 to 2012. Units of analysis were the 139 municipa...
Mortality related to tuberculosis-HIV/AIDS co-infection in Brazil, 2000-2011: e...
Lima,Mauricélia da Silveira; Martins-Melo,Francisco Rogerlândio; Heukelbach,Jorg; Alencar,Carlos Henrique; Boigny,Reagan NzunduAbstract: Co-infection of tuberculosis (TB)-HIV/AIDS is a persistent public health problem in Brazil. This study describes epidemiological patterns and time trends of mortality related to TB-HIV/AIDS co-infection. Based on mortality data from 2000-2011 (almost 12.5 million deaths), 19,815 deaths related to co-infection were analyzed. The average age-adjusted mortality rate was 0.97 deaths/100,000 inhabitants. T...
Tendências da hanseníase no Tocantins, um estado hiperendêmico do Norte do Bras...
Monteiro,Lorena Dias; Martins-Melo,Francisco Rogerlândio; Brito,Aline Lima; Lima,Mauricélia da Silveira; Alencar,Carlos Henrique; Heukelbach,JorgA hanseníase é hiperendêmica no Estado do Tocantins, Brasil. O objetivo do estudo foi analisar as tendências dos indicadores da hanseníase no Tocantins em 2001-2012. Análise de dados advindos do Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN). Incluíram-se casos novos de residentes no Tocantins. Calcularam-se os indicadores da hanseníase e analisaram-se as tendências temporais por meio de regressão poli...
Spatial patterns of leprosy in a hyperendemic state in Northern Brazil, 2001-2012
Monteiro,Lorena Dias; Martins-Melo,Francisco Rogerlândio; Brito,Aline Lima; Alencar,Carlos Henrique; Heukelbach,JorgABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the spatial patterns of leprosy in the Brazilian state of Tocantins. METHODS This study was based on morbidity data obtained from the Sistema de Informações de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN – Brazilian Notifiable Diseases Information System), of the Ministry of Health. All new leprosy cases in individuals residing in the state of Tocantins, between 2001 and 2012, were included. In...
Temporal trends and spatial distribution of unsafe abortion in Brazil, 1996-2012
Martins-Melo,Francisco Rogerlândio; Lima,Mauricélia da Silveira; Alencar,Carlos Henrique; Ramos Jr,Alberto Novaes; Carvalho,Francisco Herlânio CostaOBJECTIVE To analyze temporal trends and distribution patterns of unsafe abortion in Brazil. METHODS Ecological study based on records of hospital admissions of women due to abortion in Brazil between 1996 and 2012, obtained from the Hospital Information System of the Ministry of Health. We estimated the number of unsafe abortions stratified by place of residence, using indirect estimate techniques. The followi...
Multiple causes of death related to Chagas' disease in Brazil, 1999 to 2007
Martins-Melo,Francisco Rogerlândio; Ramos Junior,Alberto Novaes; Alencar,Carlos Henrique; Heukelbach,JorgINTRODUCTION: Chagas' disease is a major public health problem in Brazil and needs extensive and reliable information to support consistent prevention and control actions. This study describes the most common causes of death associated with deaths related to Chagas' disease (underlying or associated cause of death). METHODS: Mortality data were obtained from the Mortality Information System of the Ministry of H...