Monitoramento epidemiológico da tuberculose em pequeno município do sertão alagoano entre os anos de 2014 a 2020

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Tuberculosis is a public health problem caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, responsible for 1.5 million deaths worldwide. The disease is mandatory notification and based on the Diseases and Notifications Information System (SINAN), the study aims to analyze the epidemiological monitoring of Tb cases in the city of Pão de Açúcar / AL between the years 2014 to 2020. The method used was the exploratory descriptive-historical type with a quantitative approach whose target population was composed of us affected and suspects with tuberculosis living in the city of Pão de Açúcar - Alagoas. The result of this study noting that between 2014 to 2020, 15 cases were reported, where people aged 40 and 49 were the most affected and 30 to 49 the most incidents. The result is even greater prevalence and increase in men compared to women; association with low education; greater location in the urban area; Case reports with HIV, in addition to reporting the absence of records. The study justifies the high prevalence of men of economically active age; argues that health education and Directly Observed Treatment (DOT) should be adopted more rigorously in Primary Care. The common work is to monitor the profile of the disease in the city and observe that, despite being under control, the disease requires attention to the male and lay population.