Leprosy is a chronic, granulomatous infectious disease that affects the skin and peripheral nerves with a prolonged incubation period caused by Mycobacterium leprae. The disease, when undiagnosed and properly treated, ...

Gestation is a physiological process that promotes to the woman corporal and psychological transformations. At the end of this phase, the pregnant woman requires preparation for childbirth, which generates doubts, fears ...

Over the years the practices directed to health were changing, the institutionalization of childbirth evidenced the loss of privacy and autonomy of pregnant women, the use of invasive procedures routinely used were repudiated ...

With the reduction of mortality and fertility rates, the demographic profile of our country has changed radically, causing a large increase in population, which are the factors growth of the elderly population. Once people ...

Dermatophytoses are infections that affect keratinized tissues such as the skin, nails and scalp. Their main etiologic agents are fungi of the genera Microsporum and Trichophyton. The emergence of azole antifungal resistant ...

In the context of global public health, Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease that has shown to be on the rise, therefore, requires adequate and accessible interventions that promote early diagnosis and resolution, ...

Adolescent pregnancy represents a global public health problem. In Brazil, data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics point out that approximately 700,000 adolescents are mothers every year and at least ...

To know the dichotomy between care and management in the context of Primary Care from the point of view of care nurses. Method: An exploratory-descriptive study of a qualitative approach, based on Dialectical Historical ...

The National LGBT Integral Health Policy instituted in 2011 aims to reduce suffering, discrimination, inequality and prejudice in health institutions, thus favoring SUS equity, expanding access to health for LGBT and better ...

Maternal and neonatal mortality has been declining slowly at the national and international levels. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the complications occurring during the pregnancy period, during delivery ...