Tuberculosis teaching in Brazilian medical schools.

To achieve tuberculosis (TB) control, National Tuberculosis Programme guidelines should be implemented effectively. In a survey conducted in 2005-2006, 33 Brazilian medical school coordinators answered a questionnaire about TB education. The median time dedicated to TB was 27 h (4-119 h), spread over several disciplines, mainly biological and clinical. This included 12 h (0-88 h) of practical activities, mainly in university hospitals (53%). The recommendation to offer human immunodeficiency virus testing for TB patients was taught in only 54% of the schools. TB education in Brazil is fragmented and restricted to a biological approach, while field activities are insufficient and carried out in inadequate settings. Important changes to the TB curriculum are necessary.

[Overview of the health situation in Peru]. / Visión panorámica de la situación de salud en el Perú.

This work presents a general view of the health situation in Peru in the last few decades by presenting a short historic development of health and pointing out the changes that have taken place as a consequence of the social, economic and political transformations and affected the population's health. The process of change in public and private health services, the influence of conceptions and sanitary policies of international organizations, the health system and the health situation are mentioned. Two problems of great impact are presented: the cholera epidemics and political violence.

[Information systems in the management process of the health services. Reflections]. / O sistema de informações no processo gerencial dos serviços de saúde: algumas reflexões.

The present study aims at reflecting about the organization of the information system as an important tool in the management of health services, especially in the process of municipalization.