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GARD PROJECT IN CABO VERDE
José Rosado Pinto
GARD WHO MeetingBeijing 28-29 March 2005
Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Hospital de Dona Estefânia
Lisboa, Portugal
CABO VERDE
CABO VERDE
• 483.000 inhabitants• Santiago: 240.000. S. Vicente 67.000
• GIP 5.214 USD per capita• Population under 15 y: 40,5%• Live expectancy at birth: 70,4 years• Infantile mortality rate 35/1.000 newborns• Tuberculosis 328/100.000 inhabitants
UNPD 2005
• Phsysicians 340: 228 GP; 2 Pneumologists; 1 Allergologist
Cabo Verde Health System
1 - Central Hospitals: 2 Regional Units: 2
2 - Health Delegacies: 17 Sub-units dependences
3 - Basic Sanitary Units Sanitary agents
Hospital network
Primary care system
Health System: Response to CRD
• Available outpatient facilities
• Available outpatient hospital consultation
(spirometry in each hospital)
• Emergency treatment guidelines
• Nebulizers and spacers available
• Essential drugs available
Official Collaboration Portugal / Cabo Verde
Asthma and Allergic Diseases(Coordination: Hospital de Dona Estefânia – Serviço de
Imunoalergologia)
Targets:
• Clinical assistance care
• Educational activities
• Research projects
• 25 cooperation activities
(involving physicians, psychologists, technicians)
Protocol for Assessment of Prevalence of Major Respiratory
Diseases in Cabo Verde
Isabella Annesi-Maesano, Nikolai Khaltaev and Paulo Matricardi
Objectives:
• Assessment of prevalence and severity of R.D.
• Assessment of under diagnosis and management of R.D.
Stage 1 – Prevalence of Respiratory Diseases at PHC level
Specific objectives:
a) To assess reported prevalence and severity diseases
at PHC level
b) To determine spirometric values
c) To identify factors associated with Respiratory
Diseases
d) To assess prevalence of Major Respiratory Diseases at
E.R. Departments
Stage 1 - Methodology
Population: + 4.000 responders are expected in Santiago and S. Vicente
Islands
Questionnaire: COPD, Asthma, Allergic Rhinitis, TP and Pneumonia.
Factors considered: Tobacco consumption, Toxic occupational agents,
allergens and social class. Migration factors
Spirometry: (sub sample)
Emmergency Room Forms
Evaluation by WHO Expert Team
Stage 2 – Management of Respiratory Diseases at Primary
Health Care LevelSpecific objectives:
a) To evaluate the management of respiratory diseases
at PHC level
b) To estimate the under and over diagnosis and the
under and over treatment of respiratory diseases at
PHC level
Stage 2 - Methodolgy
• Expected: 175 respiratory patients
• GP Forms
• Questionnaire: stage 1
• Spirometry
• Evaluation by WHO Expert Team
Action Plan - Steps
1. Translation of GARD Document
2. Contact between WHO and Cabo Verde Health Ministry
3. Appointment of a national team of specialists under
the responsability of Cabo Verde Health Ministry
4. Training the national team by portuguese experts
5. Starting stage 1 as soon as possible
6. Monitoring of the project by WHO experts
Time Schedule:
• Validation of the Portuguese version of the questionnaire – January 2005
• Meeting of GARD representatives, with local WHO and Cabo Verde Minister of Health and his staff – November 2005
• Training the national team – November 2005
• Visit to the PHC Delegacies in Cabo Verde – November 2005
• Implementation of GARD local organization – December 2005 / January 2006
• Expected date to start the project – January 2006
• Difficulties: delay of WHO GARD financial support
MADEIRA(EUROPE)
14.6 %
74 %
70 %
54.1 %
-
The PAC StudyCABO VERDE (AFRICA)
8.0 %
27 %
50 %
9 %
15 %
MACAU(ASIA)
1.3 %
86 %
88 %
48.6 %
10 %
Ped.Pulm. 2001 Sup 23: 35-7
ACTIVE ASTHMA
% positive SPT % positive BHR test
GLOBAL POPULATION
% positive SPT % positive BHR test
GARD PROJECT WILL BE A REALITY IN CABO VERDE