Leprosy
mailing list – December 17th, 2005
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From: V Andrade, Brasilia, Brazil.
Dear Dr Noto,
In PAHO web site (leprosy) we have useful links
which show the texts of the global strategy we've translated in
Spanish and Portuguese (and summary in French).
http://www.paho.org/Portuguese/AD/DPC/CD/lep-who-global-strategy.htm
We suggest other leprosy web pages in Portuguese in
collaboration with Ministry of Health (Brazil) and partners with
general information about leprosy for decision-making, epidemiological
surveillance and for the inclusion of the Leprosy Elimination
activities on the national and international agenda and to
strengthen the political commitment of eliminate leprosy in Brazil.
1)
Index Page for Leprosy: The PAHO Leprosy Page lists documentation on
leprosy in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese, as well as other
relevant links:
http://www.paho.org/Project.asp?SEL=TP&LNG=ENG&CD=LEPRO.
In PAHO Brazil:
http://www.opas.org.br/prevencao/site/temas.cfm?id=52&Area=Documentos
This page has been an important means of updating
and disseminating information on cooperation activities.
Index page of the Ministry of Health:
http://dtr2001.saude.gov.br/svs/destaques/hanseniase_cartas_2005.htm
2)
Online leprosy database: The SINAN Leprosy database, run by the
Ministry of Health of Brazil, is available at:
http://hanseniase.datasus.gov.br/hans/hans.htm. It enables users to create their own queries for Tabnet
and makes it easier to understand and use the data.
3)
HANSWIN, a software system developed to identify inaccurate data
and
update files, as well as to provide two-way feedback between Brazilian
states and municipalities.
4)
The Leprosy Elimination Network:
http://conasems.org.br/hanseniase2 is being designed in collaboration with CONASEMS to
provide morbidity data to help each municipal manager motivate
integration of leprosy services into basic health care, diagnosis and
treatment.
5)
Standard and Distance Training: Training material is available through
workshops on best practices and on measurement tools/instruments on
the leprosy situation. Such training has been offered to responsible
health officers in 25 of the 27 Brazilian states, along with a
self-instruction manual at:
http://www.paho.org/Portuguese/AD/DPC/CD/lep-auto-instrucao.htm
6)
Telemedicine is used as to provide long-distance support in diagnosis
and treatment, as well as medical education. The Cyberambulatory and
Leprosy Distance Education Center will increase access and contribute
to the process of integrating leprosy into basic health care and teach
different communities as well as professionals working in the
pediatrics, gynaecology and neurology.
Simultaneous incorporation also
includes modern 3D computational graphics tools for an educational
approach: the "Virtual man".
7)
ELEP-INFO: (http://shp.paho.org/DPC/cd/elep-info/default.aspx)
is a collaborative electronic space
making all of the above IT tools available to the general public via
the internet, and where various partners can participate in the
elimination activities in a synchronized, collaborative way.
8)
MORHAN: http://www.morhan.org.br/
Thank you very much.
Sincerely yours,
Vera Andrade
Disease Prevention and Control (AD/DPC)
Focal Point for Leprosy
PAHO/WHO Brazil
