02072nas a2200313   4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653001100051653002300062653001100085653001200096100001700108700001400125700001400139700001500153700002600168700001500194700001700209700001700226700001400243700001500257700001600272245007800288856005200366300001200418490001500430520129900445022001401744       2011                            d  c201110aBrazil10aDatabases, Factual10aHumans10aleprosy1 aPaschoal VDA1 aNardi SMT1 aCury MRCO1 aLombardi C1 aCunha Lopes Virmond M1 aSilva RMDN1 aPaschoal JAA1 aMagalhais LC1 aConte ECM1 aKubota RMM1 aSoubhia RMC00a[Creation of a data bank for sustainability of leprosy post elimination].  uhttp://www.scielo.br/pdf/csc/v16s1/a52v16s1.pdf  a1201-100 v16 Suppl 13 a<p>São José do Rio Preto reached the World Health Organization goal eliminating leprosy as a Public Health problem in the year 2006, with a prevalence of 0.79/10,000 inhabitants. In order to warrant reliable information to promote management measures that keep this status, the aim of this study was to create a leprosy data bank in the city with information from 1998 to 2006. A data collection protocol was used and it contained 74 clinical-epidemiological variables that were gathered from primary and secondary sources. This work was initiated with 442 cases registered in the municipal control program database, from those 168 were excluded and 85 were inserted. There were 24 cases not notified in the National Information System (SINAN). The 74 variables collected will allow further studies about themes: epidemiological profiles, household contacts control, reactions and deficiencies, and others. The difficulties faced during the elaboration of the database were related to decoding medical files data and inconsistency in the SINAN. The frequent mistakes while entering the data weaken the information system and difficult the plan of precise actions regarding health. These facts are relevant to the quality of attention and the maintenance of the leprosy elimination status.</p>  a1678-4561