Objective: to describe schistosomiasis cases and deaths among residents of the city of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, from 2005 to 2013. Methods: this was a descriptive epidemiological study using data from the Mortality Information System (SIM) (2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013) and the Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN) (2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013); active tracing of the relatives of the dead was undertaken and probabilistic linkage of the databases (2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013) was performed using the Reclink program. Results: 297 schistosomiasis deaths were recorded on the SIM system; through active tracing, 130 relatives were contacted and 20.8% autochthony was identified; 388 cases resident in Recife were registered on the SINAN system; through probabilistic linkage, 23 matching records were identified on SIM and SINAN. Conclusion: investigation of deaths showed that some individuals had never traveled outside Recife and progressed to the chronic stage of the disease; 23.8% of the cases registered on SINAN had Recife as the municipality in which infection occurred.
Objetivou-se analisar o perfil de adolescentes grávidas de uma comunidade no Recife. Estudo do tipo quantitativo, com abordagem descritiva e delineamento transversal. Realizado em uma comunidade de Recife, com 17 adolescentes. A obtenção dos dados foi através de um instrumento de questões objetivas, no período de maio de 2009 a maio de 2010. Encontramos um percentual para a gravidez de 3,82%; A média de idade foi de 16 anos; 13 viviam em união consensual; 07 possuíam renda familiar até um salário mínimo (R$ 510,00); 14 eram primigestas; 08 tinham infecção do trato urinário e baixo e peso e 07 anemia. Considera-se que as adolescentes grávidas, apresentam risco social e obstétrico que pode desencadear resultados negativos a sua saúde. Contudo, recomenda-se uma maior atenção a essa população através de estratégias para redução de danos a saúde materna.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection still represents an important public health problem, because it involves clinical, epidemiological, social, economic and political issues. We analyzed the temporal and spatial pattern of the HIV incidence in an area of social inequality in northeast Brazil and its association with socioeconomic indicators. An ecological study was carried out with a focus on all HIV cases reported in Alagoas State, Northeast Brazil from 2007 to 2016 using its 102 municipalities as the units of our analysis. Data from the Brazilian information systems were used. Georeferenced data were analyzed using TerraView 4.2.2 software, QGis 2.18.2 and GeoDa 1.14.0. Time trend analyses were performed by the Joinpoint Regression software and the spatial analyses included the empirical Bayesian model and Moran autocorrelation. Spatial regression was used to determine the influence of space on HIV incidence rate and socioeconomic inequalities. There was an increasing trend of HIV rates, especially in the municipalities of the interior. Significant spatial correlations were observed with the formation of clusters with emphasis on the coast of the state and in tourist regions. Spatial regression explained 46% of the dependent variable. The HIV incidence rate was positively influenced by rate of primary health care units (p=0.00), and negatively by Gini index (p = 0.00) and proportion of heads of household without or low education (p=0.02). We conclude that the relationship found between indicators of better socioeconomic conditions and HIV infection suggests unequal access to the diagnosis of infection. Prevention and control strategies can be established according to each epidemiological reality.
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