Title |
Avaliação da completude e da oportunidade das notificações de malária na Amazônia Brasileira, 2003-2012
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Published in |
Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde, January 2016
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DOI | 10.5123/s1679-49742016000100003 |
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Authors |
Rui Moreira Braz, Pedro Luiz Tauil, Ana Carolina Faria e Silva Santelli, Cor Jesus Fernandes Fontes |
Abstract |
to evaluate the completeness and timeliness of malaria case reporting, diagnosis and treatment in the Brazilian Amazon. this is a descriptive study using data from 23 fields of notification forms recorded on the Malaria Epidemiological Surveillance Information System (Sivep-Malaria) between 2003 and 2012. data completeness was good in 86.0% of fields (≥90.0% filled in); there was timely recording of 40.6% of notifications at the Municipal Health Departments (0-7 days following notification) and 75.6% at the Ministry of Health (0-30 days following notification); timely diagnosis and timely treatment occurred in 44.6% and 45.4% of patients, respectively. most notification forms had good completeness; timeliness in recording notifications was below international standards; timeliness of diagnosis and treatment was below the Ministry of Health recommendations. |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Brazil | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 68 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 18 | 26% |
Student > Bachelor | 11 | 16% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 10% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 7% |
Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 6% |
Other | 5 | 7% |
Unknown | 19 | 28% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Nursing and Health Professions | 17 | 25% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 7% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 6% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 4 | 6% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 4% |
Other | 14 | 20% |
Unknown | 22 | 32% |