Human visceral leishmaniasis: ethical and legal reflections on the canine reservoir control in Brazil

Authors

  • Savio Tarso Pereira da Silva Faculdade Pitágoras Ipatinga
  • Luana Duarte Ferreira Vieira Marques Centro de Controle de Zoonose
  • Karla Cristine Coelho Lamounier Comarca de Governador Valadares
  • Josiane Márcia de Castro Faculdade Pitágoras Ipatinga
  • Gulnara Patricia Borja-Cabrera Federal Fluminense University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/rbd2017.39.17719

Keywords:

law, health, human visceral leishmaniasis, ethics, bioethics

Abstract

Brazil currently faces difficulties in combating human visceral leishmaniasis. According to the World Health Organization, euthanasia of symptomatic and seropositive dogs is one of injury control measures, according to current Decree 51838 of March 14, 1963, which becomes important to discuss the dialogue between health and law as a strategy to prevent the spread of the disease, due to the owners ' resistance to deliver their dogs with high emotional value, zoonoses. It is concluded that for effective public policy more elements are taken into consideration, especially interdisciplinary, emphasizing legal and health considerations involving issues that permeate the human relationships in the context of ethics and law.

Author Biographies

Savio Tarso Pereira da Silva, Faculdade Pitágoras Ipatinga

Faculdade Pitágoras Ipatinga. Jornalista e mestrado em História pela Universidade Severino Sombra (2006).

Luana Duarte Ferreira Vieira Marques, Centro de Controle de Zoonose

Médica Veterinária do Centro de Controle de Zoonose. Vigilância epidemiológica de Governador Valadares. Responsável pelo controle da leishmaniose visceral humana e canina.

Karla Cristine Coelho Lamounier, Comarca de Governador Valadares

Advogada. Oficial de justiça fo Forúm da Comarca de Governador Valadares. Mestrado (c) em Gestão Integrado do Território, Universidade Vale do Rio Doce.

Josiane Márcia de Castro, Faculdade Pitágoras Ipatinga

Graduada em Efermagem. Professora da Faculdade Pitágoras Ipatinga. Mestrado (c) em Gestão Integrado do Território, Universidade Vale do Rio Doce.

Gulnara Patricia Borja-Cabrera, Federal Fluminense University

MD Medicine and Surgery, Ecuador Central University. PhD Pathology, Federal Fluminense University.

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How to Cite

Pereira da Silva, S. T., Ferreira Vieira Marques, L. D., Coelho Lamounier, K. C., Márcia de Castro, J., & Borja-Cabrera, G. P. (2017). Human visceral leishmaniasis: ethical and legal reflections on the canine reservoir control in Brazil. Revista De Bioética Y Derecho, (39), 135–151. https://doi.org/10.1344/rbd2017.39.17719

Issue

2017: Núm. 39 - mar

Section

Animal Bioethics

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