This article analyzes the main conceptual categories that guide intersectoral action based on the authors empirical experience compared to the literature on the subject. The text is organized as a glossary and presents thirteen terms: agenda, intersectoral collaboration, conflict, governance, collaborative governance, individual, support mechanism, management model, partnership, communication process, sector, s...
A clinical-epidemiologic study of schistosomiasis mansoni was conducted in the population of Ponte do Pasmado, a village in the municipality of Itinga, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Faecal Parasitology by the Kato-Katz method and clinical examination were performed in 93.8% and 82.8% of the local population, respectively. A socioeconomic survey was also made and the signs and symptoms presented by the patients...