Challenges for public health, control and surveillance of mosquito-borne diseases Aedes aegypti are priorities of the ArboAlvo Project, led by the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC/Fiocruz) and by the F Scientific Computing Programiocruz (PROCC).
The initiative seeks to develop a methodology for stratifying territory into areas at risk of transmission of dengue, Zika, and chikungunya viruses, based on epidemiological, entomological, environmental, and sociodemographic parameters in cities endemic for these arboviruses.
For the study, four capital cities were selected: Belo Horizonte (MG), Recife (PE), Natal (RN), and Campo Grande (MS).
The activities are coordinated by researchers Nildimar Honório, from the Laboratory of Mosquitoes Transmitting Hematozoa of... IOC, and Marília Carvalho, from PROCC. In a large meeting, the perspectives and progress of the project were discussed, one of whose proposals is to create the necessary conditions for managers and technicians from the participating cities to act in a more well-founded, technical and scientific way, in directing actions for the control and surveillance of arboviruses.
The National Seminar 'Surveillance and control strategies for dengue, Zika and chikungunya in endemic Brazilian cities', held at the end of 2018, in FiocThe event, held in Rio de Janeiro, involved approximately 70 people.
The opening ceremony was attended by the president of Fiocruz, Nísia Trindade Lima, from the director of IOC, José Paulo Gagliardi Leite, from the director of the Institute of Collective Health Studies at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Antonio José Leal Costa, and from the coordinator of the ArboAlvo project, Nildimar Honório.
Representatives from the Ministry of Health and the Institute of Scientific and Technological Communication and Information in Health (ICICT/F) also participated in the panel.iocruz), from the Polytechnic School of Health Joaquim Venâncio (EPSJV/Fiocruz) and the Scientific Computing Program (PROCC).
One of the project's goals is to enable technicians and managers to act in a more well-founded, technical, and scientific way in directing arbovirus control and surveillance actions. Photo: Virgínia Damas/ENSP/Fiocruzi
During the event, the interfaces between the project and the municipalities involved were presented, as well as strategies to improve communication between municipal managers and researchers.
"Among the main results presented, we highlight the production and analysis of socio-sanitary, environmental, entomological, and epidemiological indicators from the perspective of stratifying areas at risk for arboviruses in the municipalities participating in the project. We are in an advanced stage of development, and different statistical analyses are underway," Nildimar emphasized.
The next steps include completing the statistical modeling and discussing the possibilities of incorporating the developed methodology into the project.
One of the coordinators of the initiative, Nildimar Honório, highlighted advances in the production and analysis of socio-sanitary, environmental, entomological, and epidemiological indicators of the municipalities participating in the project. Photo: Virgínia Damas/ENSP/Fiocruzi
About the project
This initiative is the result of a request from the Health Surveillance Secretariat of the Ministry of Health (SVS/MS) and is part of the international research network DENTARGET, composed of scientists, professionals, and managers from different countries dedicated to the search for alternative methods for the prevention and control of dengue and other arboviruses, especially in Latin America.
The ArboAlvo Project is funded by the Ministry of Health and involves the participation of researchers from... IOC, PROCC, Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health (ENSP/Fiocruz), Polytechnic School of Health Joaquim Venâncio (EPSJV/Fiocruz), Institute of Communication and Scientific and Technological Information in Health (ICICT/Fiocruz), René Rachou Institute (Fiocruz/MG), from UFRJ and professionals from the four municipalities involved in the project.
Researchers Paulo Chagastelles Sabroza, from ENSP, and Christovam Barcellos, from ICICT, act as scientific consultants for the project.
The strategy also includes the development of education, information, and communication initiatives that will enhance the training of healthcare professionals to guide more effective control actions.
Challenges for public health, control and surveillance of mosquito-borne diseases Aedes aegypti are priorities of the ArboAlvo Project, led by the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC/Fiocruz) and by the F Scientific Computing Programiocruz (PROCC).
The initiative seeks to develop a methodology for stratifying territory into areas at risk of transmission of dengue, Zika, and chikungunya viruses, based on epidemiological, entomological, environmental, and sociodemographic parameters in cities endemic for these arboviruses.
For the study, four capital cities were selected: Belo Horizonte (MG), Recife (PE), Natal (RN), and Campo Grande (MS).
The activities are coordinated by researchers Nildimar Honório, from the Laboratory of Mosquitoes Transmitting Hematozoa of... IOC, and Marília Carvalho, from PROCC. In a large meeting, the perspectives and progress of the project were discussed, one of whose proposals is to create the necessary conditions for managers and technicians from the participating cities to act in a more well-founded, technical and scientific way, in directing actions for the control and surveillance of arboviruses.
The National Seminar 'Surveillance and control strategies for dengue, Zika and chikungunya in endemic Brazilian cities', held at the end of 2018, in FiocThe event, held in Rio de Janeiro, involved approximately 70 people.
The opening ceremony was attended by the president of Fiocruz, Nísia Trindade Lima, from the director of IOC, José Paulo Gagliardi Leite, from the director of the Institute of Collective Health Studies at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Antonio José Leal Costa, and from the coordinator of the ArboAlvo project, Nildimar Honório.
Representatives from the Ministry of Health and the Institute of Scientific and Technological Communication and Information in Health (ICICT/F) also participated in the panel.iocruz), from the Polytechnic School of Health Joaquim Venâncio (EPSJV/Fiocruz) and the Scientific Computing Program (PROCC).
One of the project's goals is to enable technicians and managers to act in a more well-founded, technical, and scientific way in directing arbovirus control and surveillance actions. Photo: Virgínia Damas/ENSP/Fiocruzi
During the event, the interfaces between the project and the municipalities involved were presented, as well as strategies to improve communication between municipal managers and researchers.
"Among the main results presented, we highlight the production and analysis of socio-sanitary, environmental, entomological, and epidemiological indicators from the perspective of stratifying areas at risk for arboviruses in the municipalities participating in the project. We are in an advanced stage of development, and different statistical analyses are underway," Nildimar emphasized.
The next steps include completing the statistical modeling and discussing the possibilities of incorporating the developed methodology into the project.
One of the coordinators of the initiative, Nildimar Honório, highlighted advances in the production and analysis of socio-sanitary, environmental, entomological, and epidemiological indicators of the municipalities participating in the project. Photo: Virgínia Damas/ENSP/Fiocruzi
About the project
This initiative is the result of a request from the Health Surveillance Secretariat of the Ministry of Health (SVS/MS) and is part of the international research network DENTARGET, composed of scientists, professionals, and managers from different countries dedicated to the search for alternative methods for the prevention and control of dengue and other arboviruses, especially in Latin America.
The ArboAlvo Project is funded by the Ministry of Health and involves the participation of researchers from... IOC, PROCC, Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health (ENSP/Fiocruz), Polytechnic School of Health Joaquim Venâncio (EPSJV/Fiocruz), Institute of Communication and Scientific and Technological Information in Health (ICICT/Fiocruz), René Rachou Institute (Fiocruz/MG), from UFRJ and professionals from the four municipalities involved in the project.
Researchers Paulo Chagastelles Sabroza, from ENSP, and Christovam Barcellos, from ICICT, act as scientific consultants for the project.
The strategy also includes the development of education, information, and communication initiatives that will enhance the training of healthcare professionals to guide more effective control actions.
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