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Relationship between cases of hepatitis A and flood areas, municipality of Encantado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Péterson Oliveira Silveira1, Laurindo Antonio Guasselli1,2, Guilherme Garcia de Oliveira2
1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, Campus Vale. 91540-000 Porto Alegre RS Brasil. petriz.oliveira@hotmail.com.
Abstract:
The relationship between hydrometeorological disasters and the health of affected populations is still hardly discussed in Rio Grande do Sul (RS), Brazil. Hepatitis A is a disease that involves health and urban environment issue and is an avoidable disease. This study aims to analyze the relationship between flood areas and waterborne diseases, in this case, Hepatitis A. A database of confirmed cases of Hepatitis A and flood events in the municipality of Encantado-RS, Brazil between 2012 and 2014 was structured. These data were analyzed spatially from the kernel estimator of the occurrence points of Hepatitis A cases and correlated to the urban perimeter. It was verified that 44 cases were registered in the three months following the occurrence of flood, an increase of almost 300% in the records of Hepatitis A. The results identified that all the confirmed cases are in the urban area located in the floodplain. This reaffirms the importance of encouraging the formulation and implementation of policies to prevent outbreaks of waterborne diseases post hydrometeorological disaster.
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