TY - JOUR KW - Age Factors KW - Brazil KW - Endemic Diseases KW - Health Planning Organizations KW - Humans KW - Incidence KW - leprosy KW - Prevalence KW - Program evaluation AU - Mastrangelo G AU - Scoizzato L AU - Fadda E AU - Silva GV AU - Santos LDJ AU - Cegolon L AB -

In an endemic area of North-East Brazil (the town of Picos, State of Piauí), a nongovernmental organization (NGO) supported the activity against leprosy in connection with governmental health organizations and local agents. The indicators of leprosy elimination were compared over time (within Picos) and across space (Picos versus Piauí). The case detection rate, above 8 per 10,000 people in the last two years of observation, increased over time in Picos (p=0.010). This finding could be due to active detection activities rather than expanding endemicity, as suggested by the reduction in leprosy in children (p=0.053) and the decrease in the proportion of new cases with grade 2 disability (p<0.001). These indicators showed a more favorable time trend in the city than in the State, suggesting that NGO activity was supportive in the battle towards leprosy control.

BT - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20209344?dopt=Abstract DA - 2009 Nov-Dec DO - 10.1590/s0037-86822009000600003 IS - 6 J2 - Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. LA - eng N2 -

In an endemic area of North-East Brazil (the town of Picos, State of Piauí), a nongovernmental organization (NGO) supported the activity against leprosy in connection with governmental health organizations and local agents. The indicators of leprosy elimination were compared over time (within Picos) and across space (Picos versus Piauí). The case detection rate, above 8 per 10,000 people in the last two years of observation, increased over time in Picos (p=0.010). This finding could be due to active detection activities rather than expanding endemicity, as suggested by the reduction in leprosy in children (p=0.053) and the decrease in the proportion of new cases with grade 2 disability (p<0.001). These indicators showed a more favorable time trend in the city than in the State, suggesting that NGO activity was supportive in the battle towards leprosy control.

PY - 2009 SP - 629 EP - 32 T2 - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical TI - Epidemiological pattern of leprosy in an endemic area of North-East Brazil, 1996-2005: the supporting role of a Nongovernmental Organization. VL - 42 SN - 1678-9849 ER -