Análise das correlações entre endemias, saneamento básico, áreas de risco e meio ambiente na cidade de Crato - CE

Abstract

Understanding the repercussions of the efficiency of basic sanitation in combating endemic diseases on the population's health helps in environmental planning propositions, pointing out which actions should be implemented. Thus, the present research aimed to understand the correlations between dengue and chikungunya arboviruses with basic sanitation and spatialized risk areas in the neighborhoods of the city of Crato-Ceará, correlating basic sanitation infrastructure and services and the city's geoenvironmental conditions. This research used the foundations of Landscape Geoecology and Factor Analysis as a theoretical and methodological approach. The areas that presented high incidences of dengue and chinkungunya cases were those with an inefficient drainage system, the presence of areas of environmental risk and greater coverage of water systems, that is, there is a relationship between areas susceptible to flooding and river flooding. with arboviruses. It was pointed out that the inefficiency of basic sanitation leads to an increase in the incidence of diseases and encourages the reproduction of vectors of other diseases, responsible for the transmission of arboviruses (dengue, chikungunya). Public Policies must be intensified and consolidated through the updating of an Environmental Sanitation Plan, directly linked to a Municipal Master Plan that must be constructed in a democratic and participatory way. Some actions that can contribute to reducing cases of arboviruses are the reforestation of floodplain vegetation and riparian forests, strengthening the management of Permanent Preservation Areas, improving the drainage network and Environmental Education work with the population, in addition to strengthening municipal management.