Projeto de intervenção sobre o comportamento das Leishmanioses Tegumentar Americana na terra indígena Xakriabá no Município de São João das Missões, Minas Gerais.

Abstract

The American tegumentary leishmaniasis (LTA) is a disease caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania and is transmitted to humans by the bite of mosquitoes, sandflies. In Brazil, there are six species of Leishmania responsible for human disease. The disease has shown increase in the number of cases over the past 20 years and expansion of its geographical occurrence, being found in all currently andROM Brazilians, the present study aimed to develop an intervention project which aims to prevent, diagnose and treat the tegumentary leishmaniasis in indigenous land Xakriabá municipality São João das Missões, Minas Gerais in order to identify the determining factors of the disease in the area covered by the ESF. Made literature review in SciELO with the keywords: leishmaniasis, the family health strategy and indigenous. Also did research on the Programs of the Ministry of health. For the elaboration of the project we used the method of the Situational strategic planning (PES), through which, after processed the problems identified in the Situational diagnosis of the team de Saúde da Família (ESF) was elaborated an action plan for intervention on the problem identified as a priority. Are also pointed to alternatives in a structured intervention project, that pass through the structuring of health services, with respect to diagnosis, drug development of topically or orally, in the development of vaccines, in the control of vectors and differentiated deepening of studies related to the cellular biology of the parasite.