Sanitation, dengue and social demands in the largest slum of Rio de Janeiro State: Rocinha
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3395/vd.v2n3.163Keywords:
Dengue, Rio de Janeiro, Rocinha, Sanitary and Environmental Awareness, Sustainable CityAbstract
Four decades ago, the occupation of the peripheral urban space in Brazil has been studied intensively, especially in large cities. In the occupied areas by low-income population, the lack of basic infrastructure contributes to poor health quality, reflecting the proliferation of those unwanted animals that have adapted to living with the man like the mosquito that transmits dengue. The city of Rio de Janeiro has had yearly epidemic cycles since 1987, being the fifth of them in 2012, with more than 184, 000 cases of illness and 42 deaths. The aim of this paper is to discuss the contradictions in the definition of public policies and their distance from the health situation of the largest slum in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Rocinha. From documental research and data analysis, it was adopted an approach based on the proposal to build a sustainable city, according to the Law 10,257/2001 – the City Statute. We conclude by stating that the health and environmental risks, to which the population remains exposed, should be treated in a priority way, enabling health surveillance efforts, sewage and awareness. It is therefore not just a request for groups of residents, but a right, the right to the sustainable city, official, inclusive, egalitarian and participatory.Downloads
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2014 Health Surveillance under Debate: Society, Science & Technology (Vigilância Sanitária em Debate: Sociedade, Ciência & Tecnología) – “Visa em Debate”
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
COPYRIGHT ALLOWANCE The author (s) hereinafter designated as the ASSIGNOR hereby assign and transfer, free of charge, the ownership of the copyrights related to this ARTICLE to the Vigilância Sanitária em Debate: Sociedade, Ciência & Tecnologia (Health Surveillance under Debate: Society, Science & Technology) – Visa em Debate, represented by FUNDAÇÃO OSWALDO CRUZ, established at Av. Brasil, nº 4365, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, CEP 21045-900, under the conditions set out below: (a) The terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement shall apply to the following: 1. The ASSIGNOR declares that they s(he) is (are) the author (s) and owner (s) of the copyrighted property of the ARTICLE submitted. 2. The ASSIGNOR declares that the ARTICLE does not infringe the copyrights and / or other property rights of third parties, that the disclosure of images (if any) has been authorized and that they s(he) assume(s) full moral and / or property liability for its content, before third parties. 3. THE ASSIGNOR assigns and transfers all copyrights relating to the ARTICLE to the ASSIGNEE, especially the rights of editing, publication, translation into another language and reproduction by any process or technique. The ASSIGNEE becomes the exclusive owner of the rights related to the ARTICLE, and any reproduction, totally or partially, is prohibited in any other means of publicity, printed or electronic, without prior written authorization from the ASSIGNEE. 4. The assignment is free and, therefore, there will be no remuneration for the use of the ARTICLE by the ASSIGNEE.
