SPOROTRICHOSIS: REPORT ON SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT ON THE APPLICATION OF CONTROL PROGRAM IN CAMPO GRANDE – RIO DE JANEIRO

Sporotrichosis: report of successful deployment of control program in Campo Grande – Rio de Janeiro. By: Claudia da Silva Velasco, Regina de Souza Braga and Neide de Melo Azevedo Introduction and objective Sporotrichosis, a subcutaneous rash caused by fungi, Sporotrhix schenkii. Commonly known as “rose handler‘s disease”, as it mostly infected people working with soil and plants. Acquired modifications in its epidemiological profile by the end of the 1990‘s. The house cat became a common vector. It has achieved epidemic proportions in the Rio de Janeiro municipality. We have observed in Campo Grande, our programatic acting zone( PA 5.2), a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, a growing search for human treatment in family clinics in the year 2012. With the July 12, 2013 SES no. 674 resolution, it became a statewise compulsory notification disease. A set of actions with the goal of early diagnose, treatment and education, starting January 2013. Methodology We use a quantitative approach. Results and Conclusion In the first half of 2014 , the municipality of Rio de Janeiro had 138 reported cases and 41 healed. PA 5.2 17 notified cases and healed 14. Therefore , 29.7 % cure in the city and 82.4 % in our area. In the second half , 131 were reported in the city and 58 healed. PA 5.2 , 19 and 13 reported healed. Municipality 44.3 % cure rate. 68.4 % in our area. We conclude that the installation of health programs and public education , help to control this epidemic .