OPERATIONAL INDICATORS OF TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BELÉM-PARÁ

• Main Authors: Regiane Camarão Farias, Ivaneide Leal Ataíde Rodrigues, Laura Maria Vidal Nogueira, Fabiane Oliveira da Silva, Beatriz Juliana Conacci, Claudia Benedita dos Santos
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2020-10-01
• Series: Cogitare Enfermagem
• Subjects: tuberculose; monitoramento; pesquisa operacional; avaliação de processos; política de saúde.
• Online Access: https://revistas.ufpr.br/cogitare/article/view/70880
• ISSN: 1414-8536; 2176-9133

Objective: to describe the operational indicators of tuberculosis control in the municipality of Belém in the 2013-2017 period. Method: a quantitative and descriptive study, whose data came from the Notifiable Diseases Information System in the municipality of Belém, obtained together with the Municipal Health Secretariat in June 2019 and relating to the operational indicators of the National Program for Tuberculosis Control. The analysis was performed using descriptive statistics. Results: weaknesses in the control of the disease were identified in the municipality of Belém. All the indicators, whether referring to early diagnosis, treatment or outcome, showed low capacity for disease control in the municipality. Conclusion: failure to meet the targets set implies maintaining the disease in the community and favoring cases of drug resistance, increasing costs, and human suffering. The results make it possible to reflect on the need to monitor the control actions.