01599nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260002900042653001500071653002000086653001100106100001300117700001500130700001300145245011700158856007100275300001200346490000700358520101400365022001401379       2015                            d  bInstituto Evandro Chagas10aSanitation10aschistosomiasis10aBrazil1 aSaucha C1 ada Silva J1 aAmorim L00aCondições de saneamento básico em áreas hiperendêmicas para esquistossomose no estado de Pernambuco em 2012  uhttp://www.scielo.br/pdf/ress/v24n3/2237-9622-ress-24-03-00497.pdf  a497-5060 v243 aObjective: to characterize schistosomiasis hyperendemic areas in Pernambuco regarding sanitation conditions and to recommend environmental intervention measures favoring the sustainability of actions to confront the disease. Methods: this is a descriptive epidemiological study using the data obtained in the "Report on the sanitation conditions of locations where schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths are hyperendemic in Pernambuco", prepared by Pernambuco State Executive Health Surveillance Department in 2012. Results: among the 119 hyperendemic locations, 72 (60.5%) had no water supply network, 110 (92.4%) had no sewage collection network and 116 (97.5%) had no sewage treatment facilities. Conclusion: the hyperendemic locations had poor sanitation conditions and this contributed to high schistosomiasis prevalence. The awareness of municipal service managers therefore needs to be raised to ensure effective sanitary improvement actions to guarantee schistosomiasis control sustainability.  a1679-4974