Avaliação do risco epidemiológico e do desempenho dos programas de controle de tuberculose nas Regiões de Saúde do estado de Santa Catarina, 2003 a 2010

Avaliação da qualidade dos dados, oportunidade e aceitabilidade da vigilância da tuberculose nas microrregiões do Brasil

“…However, in these studies, usually only one of the attributes proposed by the CDC (2001) 15 , data quality [16][17][18][19] was employed in calculations, they took place in small localities 12,[20][21][22] or in specific states 13,14,23 . The most extensive study analyzed the quality of TB surveillance in Brazilian municipalities between 2001 and 2003 10 .…”

The Perspectives of Patients and Health Professionals Regarding the Tuberculosis Control Programme in Recife, Brazil: A Contribution to Evaluation

“…One possible approach is ensuring that pharmacists counsel patients in a structured and systematic fashion when dispensing TB medication. It should be borne in mind that insufficient information about the disease and its treatment can result in poor adherence and discontinuation of drug-therapy [21,22,23], which, in turn, contributes to an increase in drug resistance [24] and mortality [25]. Database research showed discontinuation rates urging attention, particularly in site B, as it exceeded the WHO 5% target [26,27].…”

Burden of tuberculosis trends in a Brazilian southern state

“…In Santa Catarina, only 66.9% of the new cases identified were accompanied by the Directly Observed Treatment approach 29 , while the recommendation of the Ministry of Health is 100% 30 . There are, however, differences in the commitment of state's health macro-regions management to face this disease 31 . Nevertheless, it is important to note that the Directly Observed Treatment approach can be effective, especially if there is a guardian-supervised Directly Observed Treatment, usually a member of the family.…”