Open AccessImpact of the Covid-19 pandemic on compulsory notifications of meningitis in Brazil
Author(s) -
Carlos Alberto de Oliveira Rocha,
Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza,
Thiago Cavalcanti Leal,
Leonardo Feitosa da Silva,
Lucas Gomes Santos,
Anderson da Costa Armstrong,
Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo,
João Paulo Silva de Paiva,
Gibson Barros de Almeida Santana
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.5327/1516-3180.130
Subject(s) - meningitis , pandemic , covid-19 , demography , medicine , population , geography , pediatrics , environmental health , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , sociology
Background: Meningitis is a disease considered endemic in Brazil and is included in the national list of compulsory notification diseases. The presentstudy analyzed the impacts of the pandemic triggered by COVID-19 on compulsory notification of meningitis in Brazil in 2020. Methods: This is an ecological, quantitative and descriptive study. The data were collected from the DATASUS Diseases and Notification Information System (SINAN), referring to the period from 2015 to 2020, from January to August of each year. The variables analyzed were the region / unit of the notification federation and the month of notification, with the information divided into two groups: general population and children under 15 years old. The values were subjected to statisticals analysis of the P-score. Results: In Brazil 10,634 notifications of meningitis were expected in 2020. However, only 4,712 cases were reported. With the exception of Roraima, all states had a negative P- score in the two groups investigated: Rondônia had a greater discrepancy between the observed and expected values (-100%), as no notification records for the year 2020 were found; the P-score of Roraima was positive, with an increase of 22.8% in addition to the predicted notifications. Regarding the regions, the Southeast presented -56.8% of the predicted notifications, the South -55.9%, the Midwest -50.3%, the North -52.5% and the Northeast -54.2 %. Conclusion: The study showed a negative impact on meningitis notifications in Brazil, in all regions and in all states, except in Roraima.