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Tuberculosis in Brazil: last ten years analysis – 2001–2010
OBJECTIVE: To describe tuberculosis epidemiological situation in Brazil, as well as program performance indicators in 2001–2010 period, and discuss the relationship between changes observed and control measures implemented in this century first decade. METHODS: It is a descriptive study, data source...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9427390/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23474189 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2013.01.005 |
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author | de Oliveira, Gisele Pinto Torrens, Ana Wieczorek Bartholomay, Patrícia Barreira, Draurio |
author_facet | de Oliveira, Gisele Pinto Torrens, Ana Wieczorek Bartholomay, Patrícia Barreira, Draurio |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To describe tuberculosis epidemiological situation in Brazil, as well as program performance indicators in 2001–2010 period, and discuss the relationship between changes observed and control measures implemented in this century first decade. METHODS: It is a descriptive study, data source was the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (Sinan), Mortality Information System (SIM), Unified Health System Hospital Information System (SIH/SUS) and TB Multidrug-resistant Surveillance System (MDR-TB/SS). Indicators analyzed were organized into four major groups: TB control program (TCP) coverage and case detection; morbidity; treatment and TCP performance; and mortality. RESULTS: In the years analyzed there was a decrease in the number of new cases and incidence rate, mortality reduction (relative and absolute), and improvement in TB detection and diagnosis, as well in TB/HIV coinfection and drug resistance. However, little progress was found in contact investigation, diagnosis in primary care and TB cure rate. DISCUSSION: Results showed many advances in tuberculosis control in the 10 years analyzed, but it also points to serious obstacles that need to be solved so Brazil can eliminate tuberculosis as a public health problem. |
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spelling | pubmed-94273902022-09-01 Tuberculosis in Brazil: last ten years analysis – 2001–2010 de Oliveira, Gisele Pinto Torrens, Ana Wieczorek Bartholomay, Patrícia Barreira, Draurio Braz J Infect Dis Special Article OBJECTIVE: To describe tuberculosis epidemiological situation in Brazil, as well as program performance indicators in 2001–2010 period, and discuss the relationship between changes observed and control measures implemented in this century first decade. METHODS: It is a descriptive study, data source was the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (Sinan), Mortality Information System (SIM), Unified Health System Hospital Information System (SIH/SUS) and TB Multidrug-resistant Surveillance System (MDR-TB/SS). Indicators analyzed were organized into four major groups: TB control program (TCP) coverage and case detection; morbidity; treatment and TCP performance; and mortality. RESULTS: In the years analyzed there was a decrease in the number of new cases and incidence rate, mortality reduction (relative and absolute), and improvement in TB detection and diagnosis, as well in TB/HIV coinfection and drug resistance. However, little progress was found in contact investigation, diagnosis in primary care and TB cure rate. DISCUSSION: Results showed many advances in tuberculosis control in the 10 years analyzed, but it also points to serious obstacles that need to be solved so Brazil can eliminate tuberculosis as a public health problem. Elsevier 2013-03-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9427390/ /pubmed/23474189 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2013.01.005 Text en © 2013 Elsevier Editora Ltda. Este é um artigo Open Access sob a licença de CC BY-NC-ND. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Special Article de Oliveira, Gisele Pinto Torrens, Ana Wieczorek Bartholomay, Patrícia Barreira, Draurio Tuberculosis in Brazil: last ten years analysis – 2001–2010 |
title | Tuberculosis in Brazil: last ten years analysis – 2001–2010 |
title_full | Tuberculosis in Brazil: last ten years analysis – 2001–2010 |
title_fullStr | Tuberculosis in Brazil: last ten years analysis – 2001–2010 |
title_full_unstemmed | Tuberculosis in Brazil: last ten years analysis – 2001–2010 |
title_short | Tuberculosis in Brazil: last ten years analysis – 2001–2010 |
title_sort | tuberculosis in brazil: last ten years analysis – 2001–2010 |
topic | Special Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9427390/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23474189 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2013.01.005 |
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