Levantamento da ocorrência de doenças de veiculação hídrica e sua relação com zonas alagadas no período chuvoso no município de Itacoatiara -AM

Abstract

Water is essential for the maintenance of life on earth, but in order to have conditions of survival in any environment, it must be considered that this water resource is in appropriate quality for use and consumption. With the disorderly growth of urban areas in flood areas, whether caused by the flood of rivers and streamwaters or by the increase in rainfall in the region, they favor the emergence of water borne diseases transmitted by contaminated water. Every year 25 million people die with diseases transmitted by water contamination, and 10% of this overall burden of diseases is related to poor water quality and deficiencies in sewage disposal and hygiene. The present descriptive work aims to survey areas of flooding during heavy rainfall in the municipality of Itacoatiara. In addition to relating to the incidence rates of water-transmitting diseases in the municipality, such as Hepatitis A, Leptospirosis and Acute Diarrheal Disease (AD), identifying social and environmental factors, which contribute to the emergence of diseases from contaminated waters in the neighborhoods Jauary I, II and Santa Luzia, where photographic records were made. It was verified with the development of this work, that the cases of water-delivery diseases are not related to treated water and distributed by the SAAE water and sewage supply system, but rather by the social, environmental factors found in the municipality and in the neighborhoods of the study, such as the lack of efficient basic sanitation, personal hygiene and especially the precipitation that occurred in the city during the winter months, that facilitate the spread of disease-causing pathogens. In addition, research has shown evidence that Water Delivery Diseases in the city of the study is related to factors found in neighborhoods and seasonality in the region during the winter period, affecting the health and well-being of the population.