Campaign management in public health: Leprosy National Campaign Experience Report in Juazeiro, Bahia, in 2014

Abstract

Leprosy is a serious public health problem in Brazil and in undevel- roblem in Brazil and in undeveloped countries, mainly because of its endemicity. The realization of the National Campaign for leprosy Active Search in schoolchildren aged between 5 and 14 years, is one of the actions taken by the health ministry to reduce the disease burden. This paper aims to describe the process of planning and management of the campaign in the city of Juazeiro, BA, between September and November 2014. Initially, work teams conducted a census of the school, the basis for the planning of actions. Then it was realized the strategic and operational planning of the campaign in order to achieve the goals proposed by the Ministry of Health. Of the 118 schools informed by the secretary of education, 106 had conditions of participation. Of those 106, the campaign occurred in 95 (89.62%). Of the 20.107 students, 14.750 received the self-image of plug and 13,195 respondents (89.45%). Among those who returned to form, 894 (6.7%) students presented some type of stain, with 07 confirmed cases. From the report we can conclude that the good planning and management of the campaign combined with the use of demographic data brought positive impacts to the county, which materialize the early detection of new cases of leprosy in children, as well as the fulfillment of the assessment indicators.