Anais do IV Brazilian Congress of Health (HEALTH 2023)

This is the final report of the Workshop for the Brazilian Health System Management that occurred in the VI Brazilian Congress of Collective Health. The goal of the Workshop was to elaborate an agenda with propositions, solutions and strategies to increase the use of information by managers of the several levels of the Brazilian Health System. Experiences and researches of the three government levels: federal, state and municipal, were presented. These examples lead to the discussion of the needs and perspectives of health information considering four major points: (i) use of health information; (ii) information technology; (iii) information quality and (iv) ethical issues concerning health information. Propositions were elaborated by the participants showing the importance of establishing mechanisms to allow the general public, technicians, and managers of the health system to express their opinions about information related to life, illness and death of the Brazilian population. Due to the relevant exchange of studies and experiences during the Workshop, this report was presented as a basic document for the Information System topic in the XI National Health Congress.

Anais do VI Brazilian Congress of Health (HEALTH 2025)

Anais do III Brazilian Congress of Health (HEALTH 2022)

The anthropometric and nutritional assessment of individuals with lipodystrophic syndrome is substantially important, regarding the peculiarities of their body distribution, in addition to metabolic co-morbidities that are associated with this pathology. The present study aimed to evaluate anthropometric indicators and nutritional status of people living with HIV/AIDS using antiretroviral therapy. Methods: This study covered 63 individuals of both sexes, who were undergoing outpatient care in the city of Belém-PA and who agreed to voluntarily participate in the study. Results: There was a prevalence of males, where the most prevalent clinical form of lipodystrophy was mixed, followed by the lipodystrophic and lipohypertrophic forms, and mean values of BMI, waist circumference, hip circumference and circumference were also observed. neck tightness, above the average cutoff points for the Brazilian adult population. Conclusion: The study enabled the expansion of knowledge about the nutritional profile of these individuals, as well as an inference for subsequent studies of diet therapy and nutritional education, in order to mitigate the impacts of the tendency to gain fat and potential cardiovascular risks observed.

Anais do Brazilian Congress of Health 2020

Anais do II Brazilian Congress of Health

<h3>Public Health Congress</h3> The third Brazilian Congress of Hygiene will be opened at São Paulo, September 28. Preparations are so far advanced that the meeting will surely be as successful as those held at Rio de Janeiro and Bello Horizonte. The following subjects have been suggested for discussion by different agencies which will be represented at the congress; such as the national department of public health, the Rockefeller Foundation, local health departments, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, and the Brazilian Public Health Society: epidemiologic rôle of flies; water purification; home prevention of malaria; worm infestation index; epidemiology and prophylaxis of malaria in Brazil; permanent organization of local health departments; epidemiology and prophylaxis of typhoid fever; prevention of leprosy; effect of sanitary works on public health; work accomplished in Brazil in protecting milk supplies; infant hygiene. <h3>Myopathy with Heart Changes</h3> Dr. Pires recently exhibited before the Society of Neurology, Psychiatry and Legal Medicine