Resgate histórico do leprosário Asylo Colônia Santo Ângelo

• Autor(a) principal: Feliciano, Marilene Moreira
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da PUC_SP
• Texto Completo: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/17903
• topic: Hanseníase; Política pública de saúde; Asilo Colônia Santo Ângelo; Asilo Colonia Santo Angelo (Mogi das Cruzes, SP) -- Historia; Hanseniase -- Brasil -- Historia; Saude publica -- Sao Paulo (estado) -- Historia; Hansen s disease; Public health policy; Asilo Colônia Santo Ângelo leprosarium; CNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::SERVICO SOCIAL

The present qualitative research recovers the social and historical context of the construction and inauguration of the Asilo Colônia Santo Ângelo Leprosarium, whose main purpose is to produce knowledge pertaining to public health initiatives related to Hansen s disease. Situated in the city of Mogi das Cruzes, Alto do Tietê Region, São Paulo State, Brazil, the Asilo Colônia Santo Ângelo Leprosarium was the first state hospital built with public funds to house leprosy patients. Since this is a documental research, the study analyzed photos and archive documents in an effort to understand the essence of social, political and historical events of the time when the facility was built. The research dates back to 1917, when the architect Adelardo Soares Caiuby designed the project for the Leprosarium, and follows through to the mid 1950 s, when the hospital was visited by the then candidate running for São Paulo State government, Mr. Jânio Quadros and his wife. In the 1920 s, Brazilian public health services faced the challenges of leprosy. To tackle this social problem, the government created the National Department of Public Health, which established the Inspectorate for the Prevention of Leprosy and Venereal Diseases headed by the leprologist Professor Eduardo Rabello. The main public health policy adopted to restrain leprosy outbreak in Brazil during the period covered by this study was the compulsory isolation of patients. The implementation of a leprosy control plan began quite slowly due to high international demands for construction and maintenance of leprosaria, and to the reduced amount of funds available for this health policy. The leprosy issue is still a serious social problem that needs to be dealt with by the Brazilian public health authorities. Despite its cure, the country still has a large number of patients with permanent sequelae and there is an increasing number of new cases reported every year. Brazil also holds a sad record: it is the second country in the world with largest number of leprosy cases, behind only India