Situación epidemiológica de la Tuberculosis en Maldonado-Uruguay, período 2012-2016

Abstract

continues to be one of the most important public health problems worldwide. The End of Tuberculosis strategy developed by the World Health Organization seeks to end the global epidemic by 2035, for which countries must strengthen their national programs. Uruguay in 2016 presented an incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis of 22 per 100 thousand inhabitants, with a tendency of the speed in ascent since 2005. Objectives: To describe the epidemiological situation of tuberculosis in the department of Maldonado-Uruguay, using as a primary source, the database of the National Registry of Tuberculosis, provided by the Honorary Commission of Antituberculosis and Prevalent Diseases of Uruguay, in the period included between 2012 to 2016. Materials and Methods: Descriptive study based on the review of data provided by the National Registry of Tuberculosis, on notifications of confirmed and unconfirmed pulmonary and extrapulmonary cases, provided by the Honorary Commission for Antituberculosis and Prevalent Diseases of the Ministry of Public Health of Uruguay. Results: In 2016 the rate of confirmed cases in the department of Maldonado was 34 per 100 thousand inhabitants, being the department of Uruguay that presented in that year the highest rate per 100 thousand inhabitants of confirmed pulmonary smear-positive cases. There is evidence of low coverage of chemoprophylaxis at declared contacts. Conclusions: The case rate per department was greater than the figure for the total country, this difference being statistically significant. evidences an essential public health problem, social vulnerability and low coverage of chemoprophylaxis of contacts are two important dimensions in the approach to this problem. It is necessary to implement a proposal of supervised decentralization of diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis in Maldonado-Uruguay.