[Orientation of primary care in actions to control leprosy: factors relating to professionals].

CONCLUSION: Professional experience in the Family Health Strategy and leprosy care is crucial for the service to be a provider of control actions oriented according to the essential and derived attributes of primary health care. Brazil has made progress in reducing the incidence of leprosy; however, it is necessary to increase the effectiveness of health surveillance, as a means of early detection and training of professionals. PMID: 31053453 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Gaceta Sanitaria - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Gac Sanit Source Type: research