A administração da saúde pública no estado de São Paulo o serviço sanitário 1892-1918

Public health challenges and emerging diseases: the case of São Paulo

“…São Paulo is located in the Southeast of Brazil and has a population approaching 35 million. The field of public health has an outstanding history in São Paulo, beginning in the late 19th century, with the creation of the Serviço Sanitário (Sanitary Service), soon after the demise of the monarchic regime and the declaration of the Republic (Blount, 1972a(Blount, , 1972bRibeiro, 1993;Silva, 1999). Not that there was no public health system during the monarchy; it simply was not a priority on the official agenda.…”

“Era urgente e indispensável agir”: o tracoma em São Paulo no início do século XX

“…Alguns autores como Blount (1972), Merhy (1987), Mota e Baddini (2013) e Ribeiro e Junqueira (2013) destacam que, até meados da década de 1910, as ações governamentais de combate às epidemias davam prioridade aos centros urbanos, iniciando-se as ações governamentais mais efetivas destinadas às áreas rurais somente em 1917, quando se promulgou o Código Sanitário Rural (RIBEIRO, 1991;HOCHMAN, 1998). No entanto, as medidas tomadas pelo governo do estado para debelar o tracoma demonstram que a enfermidade foi, sem dúvida, uma doença alarmante, que demandou ações governamentais incisivas antes mesmo do Código de 1917.…”

Controle da hanseníase no Estado de São Paulo: análise histórica

“…The campaign was similar, in some aspects, to the health policy developed by Bismarck in Germany. 2 Faced with these issues, this article aimed to describe the history and actions to control leprosy in São Paulo, starting on the early nineteenth century, and its connection with the establishment and development of public health in the state. Based on the landmark discovery of the effective treatment of leprosy, sulfone, the period was divided into pre-sulfone, sulfone and multidrug therapy (MDT).…”