O enfrentamento da dengue como foco da saúde em um município do interior do RS

Abstract

Dengue has become over the years a major public health problem worldwide and primarily affects the countries of tropical climate because of the warm and humid climate, which forms ideal conditions for proliferation of the mosquito Aedes aegypti. This is fully adapted to the urban environment, which is next to the homes, the necessary conditions for their development. In this context, this article aims to report the experience of the activities developed by the Health Surveillance of Palmeira das Missões/RS in the prevention and control of dengue. Current public policies targeting this disease come in order to find your control and not the eradication of the disease.