The Ministry of Public Health (Sespa) supports the holding of the 57th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine (Medtrop 2022) and enables the participation of groups of servers in the scientific program, which includes courses, conferences, mini-conferences and round tables. The event started last Sunday (13) and will end on Wednesday (16), at Hangar – Centro de Convenções e Feiras da Amazônia, in Belém, with the participation of health professionals, researchers and students.
Bruno Pinheiro displays one of the scientific works on display at Medtrop
Medtrop 2022 marks the 60th anniversary of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine (SBMT), one of the oldest and most active scientific societies in Brazil, as well as the resumption of in-person scientific events, not held in 2020, and in 2021 only in a virtual environment.
On Tuesday (15), the Director of the Endemic Disease Control Department, Adriana Tapajós, and the State Coordinator for Chagas Disease, Eder Amaral Montero, acted as moderators of the round table on the topic “Amazons in sustainable control of Chagas disease. Challenges encountered and innovations being implemented in the phase Post-COVID-19″. In addition to moderation, Eder Montero gave a lecture on the topic “Chagas Panel, Chagas Disease Surveillance Strategy”.
Antonilde de Sá and Aline Carneiro in the exhibition galleryThe round table was part of the program of the Meeting on Applied Research in Chagas Disease and Leishmaniasis (ChagasLeish 2022), coordinated by researcher Ana Yessi Pinto, of the Evandro Chagas Institute (IEC), which aims to promote technical-scientific exchange between professionals. Health professionals and researchers seeking new strategies for the control, prevention, treatment and clinical management of these endemic diseases.
Sespa technician Ameraldo Pinheiro chaired the conference “Brazil’s Experience in Strengthening and Expanding the Health Surveillance, Alert and Response Network” and was the moderator of the “Infectious Diseases and Health Information Systems” Roundtable.
Scientific programming – Medtrop held 12 pre-conference sessions, 50 mini-conferences, 72 round tables, 30 conferences, and five satellite meetings: a practical meeting on Chagas disease and leishmaniasis (Chagas leish); Ninth Workshop on Genetics and Molecular Biology of Insect Vectors for Tropical Diseases (Entomol9); Neglected Diseases Forum (DN Forum); Brazilian Tuberculosis Research Network (Rede-TB) National Workshop and Second Forum on Covid-19 Virus.
“Medtrop is great, with many interesting topics. I would like it to be extended for other days. I really liked it, especially the silent arena, which was the great novelty of the event, because we are in a crowded space without losing focus,” assessed Arbovirus Coordinator Aline Carneiro. In the silent arena, the speakers sit on an open platform at the trade show, while the audience watches on using headphones.
The state coordinator for schistosomiasis, filariasis, geohelminths and trachoma also approves the schedule. “It’s an opportunity for us to meet with national researchers, addressing topics important to the Amazon, such as vector resistance to insecticides, and new perspectives for vector control. It’s important for us to have connectivity and access to researchers so we can offer these new tools,” said the coordinator. to our service.”
For the Secretary of State for Public Health, Romulo Rodovalo, professional training through scientific conferences is key to improving public services. “At these events, new strategies for disease prevention and control, new methods of diagnosis and treatment are presented, as well as an exchange of knowledge and experience between professionals from different health fields,” stressed the head of Sespa.
Scientific work – Coordinator of the New Health Surveillance Information Center (Nivs), Bruno Pinheiro, reports that Sespa is also involved with eight scientific works prepared by Nivs: “Analysis of compliance of clinical data of a chronic disease with mandatory notification of Sinan” covid-19 in Belém and Ananindewa: space-time evolution from the twelfth week to the 22nd epidemiological week”; “Geographical epidemiology of COVID-19 in Pará: space-time evolution from the 12th to the 22nd epidemiological week”, and “Epidemiological profiles of confirmed measles cases in Pará state, Brazil, from 2019 to 2021” and Impact of COVID-19 in Para State at the beginning of the pandemic. Analysis of reported cases up to the 18th epidemiological week of 2020”.
Sespa booth at Medtrop 2022Regarding the new CESPA core, Bruno Pinheiro stated that the aim is to fully meet the information requirements of health surveillance, with a focus on promoting and implementing the Digital Health Strategy for Brazil in Para. “We intend to streamline data collection and analysis processes, integrate innovative technologies and improve the relationship between sectors to provide, in a timely manner, accurately and transparently, Sespa strategic, tactical and operational information, based on SUS systems, and knowledge production in technical and scientific evidence, as in the Medtrop 2022 opportunity,” he said. .
Sespa maintains a platform at the event to present the activities carried out by the various sectors associated with the Health Surveillance Board (DVS), within the scope of public policies to combat tropical diseases.
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