This article discusses the historical aspects of the policies for controlling Hansen's disease in the state of Amazonas from the second half of the nineteenth century until the dismantling of this model in 1978. We present the historical changes in the local institutions and policies, and their relationship with national policies. The history and policies related to Hansen's disease in the state of Amazonas are analyzed through the following institutions: Umirisal, the Oswaldo Cruz Dispensary, the Paricatuba Leprosarium, the Antônio Aleixo Colony, and the Gustavo Capanema Preventorium. We seek to show that these institutions cared for the people who suffered from Hansen's disease and those related to them, and were also responsible for carrying out the policies for fighting and controlling the disease.
BT - Historia, ciencias, saude--Manguinhos C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26625914?dopt=Abstract
DO - 10.1590/S0104-59702015000400003 IS - 4 J2 - Hist Cienc Saude Manguinhos LA - eng N1 -
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N2 -This article discusses the historical aspects of the policies for controlling Hansen's disease in the state of Amazonas from the second half of the nineteenth century until the dismantling of this model in 1978. We present the historical changes in the local institutions and policies, and their relationship with national policies. The history and policies related to Hansen's disease in the state of Amazonas are analyzed through the following institutions: Umirisal, the Oswaldo Cruz Dispensary, the Paricatuba Leprosarium, the Antônio Aleixo Colony, and the Gustavo Capanema Preventorium. We seek to show that these institutions cared for the people who suffered from Hansen's disease and those related to them, and were also responsible for carrying out the policies for fighting and controlling the disease.
PY - 2015 SP - 1141 EP - 1156 T2 - Historia, ciencias, saude--Manguinhos TI - Hansen's disease in the state of Amazonas: policy and institutional treatment of a disease. TT - A hanseníase no Amazonas: política e institucionalização de uma doença UR - http://www.scielo.br/pdf/hcsm/v22n4/en_0104-5970-hcsm-22-4-1141.pdf VL - 22 SN - 1678-4758 ER -