Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Department of Medicine, Bogotá, Colombia.
Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Department of Medicine, Bogotá, Colombia.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2021 Jun 2;54:e06122020. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0612-2020. eCollection 2021.
Leishmaniasis is strongly associated with armed conflict. We describe the epidemiology of leishmaniasis before and after the peace agreement in Colombia.
Data for 2004-2019 period were collected from the National Public Health Surveillance System. The annual incidence per geographical department before and after the peace agreement was calculated and correlated with armed conflict severity.
The annual incidence of leishmaniasis registered a downfall with an annual percentage change of 17.7% after the peace treaty.
A decrease in hostilities has a positive impact on the leishmaniasis incidence, which may be the case for other public health issues.
利什曼病与武装冲突密切相关。我们描述了哥伦比亚和平协议前后利什曼病的流行病学。
从国家公共卫生监测系统收集了 2004 年至 2019 年的数据。计算了和平协议前后每个地理部门的年发病率,并将其与武装冲突严重程度相关联。
利什曼病的年发病率在和平条约签订后下降了 17.7%。
敌对行动的减少对利什曼病的发病率有积极影响,其他公共卫生问题也可能如此。