2011
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102011000100022
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Controle da hanseníase no Estado de São Paulo: análise histórica

Abstract: Leprosy is an infectious contagious disease known since Biblical times. Global effort for disease control reveals intricate convergences of national history and of medical, governmental, and international policies. The study describes the history of Hansen's disease and control actions undertaken in the state of São Paulo starting in the 19th century and its connection with the development of public health in that state, by means of a bibliographic and documental analysis.

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“…165/BSB, dated from 05/14/1976, which modified the HD control policy in determining the end of patient isolation and the adoption of ambulatory treatment. 17 The change in the operationalization of the disease is an achievement for the health area and for rehabilitation of the patient in the social sphere. The conduct of the disease and the patient currently ruled in the absence of isolation is expressive in the speech of the study collaborators, who carry with them the experience of the sad reality of the past and the consequences resulting from the segregation of their relative in the colony.…”
Section: The History In the Presentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…165/BSB, dated from 05/14/1976, which modified the HD control policy in determining the end of patient isolation and the adoption of ambulatory treatment. 17 The change in the operationalization of the disease is an achievement for the health area and for rehabilitation of the patient in the social sphere. The conduct of the disease and the patient currently ruled in the absence of isolation is expressive in the speech of the study collaborators, who carry with them the experience of the sad reality of the past and the consequences resulting from the segregation of their relative in the colony.…”
Section: The History In the Presentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The new nomenclature comes from a tribute to the Norwegian physician Gerhard H. A. Hansen, who identified the bacillus that causes the disease [17]. The new therapeutic modified disease control policy, ending the compulsory isolation, which was replaced by outpatient treatment [18].…”
Section: From Leprosy To Hansen's Diseasementioning
confidence: 99%
“…É uma doença infectocontagiosa, crônica causada pela bactéria Mycobacterium leprae, tem a capaci-dade de infectar grande número de indivíduos, porém, poucos adoecem. Portanto, o domicílio é apontado como importante espaço de transmissão da doença 2,4 .…”
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