LEGAL AMAZON: EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES CHARACTERIZED BY THE INVESTIGATIONS OF DEATHS BY COVID-19

Abstract

The objective of this study was to report an experience in the Department of Epidemiological Surveillance (DVE) in the investigations of deaths due to COVID-19 in the municipality of Macapá-AP. This is a descriptive study of the experience report type, carried out during the months of August 2020 to September 2021 in the Death Surveillance of the Municipal Health Department of Macapá. The data related to the investigation were entered into the database of the e-SUS Notifica. On August 19, 2020, the municipality had 16,365 confirmed cases of Covid, 1,820 in laboratory analysis, 11,210 people recovered, and 418 deaths from COVID. In September 2021, there were 60,766 confirmed cases, 2,279 in laboratory analysis, 55,138 people recovered, 920 suspected cases, and 1,491 deaths, according to epidemiological bulletins, of which the researcher investigated 355 deaths during this period. The challenges faced by the Department of Health Surveillance are in addition to the pre-existing ones, such as lack of transportation, failures in notification, and thus having a vision of the importance of the role of providing information for the adoption of strategies to prevent and control the transmission of the virus. Nursing is a profession based on the practice of evidence, needing to strengthen its scientific foundations, recognizing the values and limits of its approaches, understanding that epidemiology is an essential tool to work on the preparation of responses to natural disasters, which needs to be contextualized, reinforcing its commitment to the application of knowledge.