Observância do panorama da febre amarela no estado de Goiás

Abstract

This article presents an analysis of yellow fever in the State of Goiás based on data published in DATASUS referring to the last period of registration of notifications. Yellow fever began to appear again in Brazil in 2016, when an outbreak of the disease began in Minas Gerais and spread to four other states: Espírito Santo, Bahia, São Paulo and Tocantins. This disease has already caused great social unrest to become a serious public health problem, so it is important to discuss the subject from the history of yellow fever in such a way that this reflection allows to evaluate from the data collected in DATASUS as it was the evolution of the cases in the State of Goiás. The results show that only three municipalities in Goiás had reported cases of yellow fever: Goiânia, São Luiz dos Montes Belos and Senador Canedo, divided into two regions, Central West and Southeast.