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01/15/2014
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Paula Laboissière
Brazil Agency reporter
Brasília - The Ministry of Health today ( 14 ) educational campaign launched to combat leprosy . With oslogan " Has Leprosy Cure " campaign guides health professionals in identifying the signs and symptoms aiming at early diagnosis.
According to the folder , the shares will be concentrated in all capitals and cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants located in the North , Northeast and Midwest , plus the Baixada Fluminense , the metropolitan regions of São Paulo and Belo Horizonte and the north of Minas Gerais . The areas are considered priorities by focusing the majority of leprosy cases in the country .
Materials such as posters , recordings, radio , billboards and web campaigns for the general population and an email newsletter for health care will be disclosed .
In Brasilia , a cart Novartis Foundation will be stationed until Friday ( 17 ) Road in the Pilot Plan . There, professionals will diagnose disease and guide the public about the symptoms . Activities will also be developed in two train stations managed by the Valley Foundation , in the states of Pará and Maranhão .
Statement released by the government indicates that three states recorded the highest incidence of leprosy in the country , with a prevalence rate above three cases for every 10,000 inhabitants - Mato Grosso ( 7.69 ) , Tocantins ( 5.54 ) and Maranhão ( 5 , 22). Rio Grande do Sul ( 0.12 ) , Santa Catarina ( 0.29 ) and São Paulo ( 0.34 ) have lower prevalence rates of the disease .
In December last year , the special ambassador for the World Health Organization ( WHO) for the Elimination of Leprosy , Yohei Sasakawa , lamented the fact that Brazil has not yet reached the level established by the body to eradicate the disease , which is less than a case for every 10,000 inhabitants . Remembering the advances of science , which guaranteed treatment and cure , he stressed that it is necessary to intensify efforts to tackle leprosy , marked by the stigma and discrimination .
Source : Brazil Agency
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