Importance of neglected disease signaling
International Journal of Development Research
Importance of neglected disease signaling
Received 08th May, 2019; Received in revised form 17th June, 2019; Accepted 22nd July, 2019; Published online 30th August, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Gilda Maria Sales Barbosa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The need to collect, process, analyze, and disseminate information about neglected diseases becomes necessary for health planning and actions. The information system for non-notifiable diseases (SIDONNI) used as a pilot region the municipality of Nova Iguaçu/ RJ since 2015 and currently implemented in São João de Meriti, aiming to be useful for other places. Seven diseases considered important because of the risk of considerable morbidity were investigated in the municipality of Nova Iguaçu as scabiosis, strongyloidiasis, giardiasis, myiasis, pythiosis, teniasis, and trichomoniasis, all considered neglected diseases. SIDONNI is an informative tool, acting in the municipality to control these diseases for remediation and prevention, being able to identify through geoprocessing the priority areas for environmental sanitation actions. The total value of 610 positive cases of diseases classified as neglected indicates the need for urgent actions to address the sanitary environmental issue of the municipality studied.
