Actions against monkeypox in a urgency and emergency unit: experience report

• Autor(a) principal: Freitas, Alisson Salatiek Ferreira de
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: Belarmino, Adriano da Costa, Lima, Katherine Jerônimo, Ferreira Junior, Antonio Rodrigues
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/3901
• topic: varíola dos macacos; planos de contingência; emergências; mpox; Medidas de contingência; Urgência e emergência; viruela del mono; planes de contingencia; urgencias médicas; monkeypox; contingency plans; emergencies

Monkeypox or mpox configures a new public health problem that requires immediate action to control it. Thus, this experience report aimed to describe weaknesses in control actions against monkeypox in urgency and emergency units in Fortaleza, Brazil, from August 10 to November 20, 2022. Thematic analysis was used to organize the categories in results and in the theoretical framework of Herbert Simon’s Limited Rationality for discussion. Overall, two categories emerged: Training so healthcare providers can identify and manage monkeypox and Challenges in actions against the disease in emergency care units. Despite significant initial actions to contain the disease, weaknesses remain in the training of human resources, health surveillance, and the quality of case detection, which can impact disease control and increase its future infectivity, morbidity, and mortality.