01155nas a2200205 4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001100059653001100070653002700081653003000108653001200138100001700150700001900167245007600186300000900262490000700271520065700278022001400935 1986 d c1986 Jan-Dec10aBrazil10aHumans10aInternational Agencies10aInternational Cooperation10aleprosy1 aGonçalves A1 aGonçalves N N00a[International agencies and the control of Hansen's disease in Brazil]. a74-70 v113 a

Main modes of international participation in hanseniasis control in Brazil, both public and private, are briefly described: public modes are established country to country or through Pan-american Health Organization; the others are essentially identified as "voluntary organizations". A descriptive assessment of this experience in Brazil follows. Considering our vast territory and a huge accumulated social debt, possible cooperative work is explored, adopting clear criteria (establishing priorities, planning and participative management), viewing basic actions as public attribuitions complemented by internacional organisms when necessary.

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