ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate the quality of information on gestational syphilis (GS) and congenital syphilis (CS) on the Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN-Syphilis Brazil – Notifiable Diseases Information System) by compiling and validating completeness indicators between 2007 and 2018. METHODS Overall, care, and socioeconomic completeness scores were compiled based on selected variables, by using ad hoc weights assigned by experts. The completeness scores were analysed, considering the region and area of residence, the pregnant woman’s race/colour, and the year of case notification. Pearson’s correlation coefficients were used to validate the scores obtained by the weighted average method, compared with the values obtained by principal component analysis (PCA). RESULTS Most selected variables presented a good or excellent degree of completeness for GS and CS, except for clinical classification, pregnant woman’s level of education, partner’s treatment, and child’s race/colour, which were classified as poor or very poor. The overall (89.93% versus 89.69%) and socioeconomic (88.71% versus 88.24%) completeness scores for GS and CS, respectively, were classified as regular, whereas the care score (GS-90.88%, and CS-90.72%) was good, despite improvements over time. Differences in the overall, care and socioeconomic completeness scores according to region, area of residence, and ethnic-racial groups were reported for syphilis notifications. The completeness scores estimated by the weighted average method and PCA showed a strong linear correlation (> 0.90). CONCLUSION The completeness of GS and CS notifications has been improving in recent years, highlighting the variables that form the care score, compared with the socioeconomic scores, despite differences between regions, area of residence, and ethnic-racial groups. The weighted average was a viable methodological alternative easily operationalised to estimate data completeness scores, allowing routine monitoring of the completeness of gestational and congenital syphilis records.

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate the quality of information on gestational syphilis (GS) and congenital syphilis (CS) on the Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN-Syphilis Brazil – Notifiable Diseases Information System) by compiling and validating completeness indicators between 2007 and 2018. METHODS Overall, care, and socioeconomic completeness scores were compiled based on selected variables, by using ad hoc weights assigned by experts. The completeness scores were analysed, considering the region and area of residence, the pregnant woman’s race/colour, and the year of case notification. Pearson’s correlation coefficients were used to validate the scores obtained by the weighted average method, compared with the values obtained by principal component analysis (PCA). RESULTS Most selected variables presented a good or excellent degree of completeness for GS and CS, except for clinical classification, pregnant woman’s level of education, partner’s treatment, and child’s race/colour, which were classified as poor or very poor. The overall (89.93% versus 89.69%) and socioeconomic (88.71% versus 88.24%) completeness scores for GS and CS, respectively, were classified as regular, whereas the care score (GS-90.88%, and CS-90.72%) was good, despite improvements over time. Differences in the overall, care and socioeconomic completeness scores according to region, area of residence, and ethnic-racial groups were reported for syphilis notifications. The completeness scores estimated by the weighted average method and PCA showed a strong linear correlation (> 0.90). CONCLUSION The completeness of GS and CS notifications has been improving in recent years, highlighting the variables that form the care score, compared with the socioeconomic scores, despite differences between regions, area of residence, and ethnic-racial groups. The weighted average was a viable methodological alternative easily operationalised to estimate data completeness scores, allowing routine monitoring of the completeness of gestational and congenital syphilis records.

Resumo O surgimento da COVID-19 no Brasil explicitou ainda mais a enorme discrepância entre diferentes realidades sociais que coexistem no país, reacendendo as discussões acerca da segurança alimentar e nutricional, à semelhança do que vem acontecendo em outros países que enfrentam a mesma situação de pandemia. Argumenta-se neste trabalho que os riscos para a Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional (SAN) e a fome dos brasileiros já vinham se apresentando desde 2016, sendo agora aprofundados pela emergência da epidemia da COVID-19, passando a exigir compreensão da extensão e da magnitude dos problemas e articulação de medidas governamentais nas três esferas de gestão (federal, municipal e estadual), que possam assegurar o acesso à alimentação adequada e saudável, com vistas a reduzir os impactos negativos da doença na condição de alimentação, saúde e nutrição dos mais vulneráveis. Assim, este texto pretende contribuir para o debate sobre as medidas a serem adotadas pelos governos e sociedade para promover e garantir a SAN e impedir que a insegurança e a expansão da fome avancem durante e após a crise social e sanitária gerada pela pandemia.

Abstract The emergence of COVID-19 in Brazil further explained the massive discrepancy between different social realities coexisting in the country, rekindling the discussions about food and nutrition security, similarly to what has been happening in other countries facing the same pandemic situation. In this paper, we argue that the risks to hunger and food security in Brazil have been present since 2016 and are now being exacerbated due to the emergence of the COVID-19 epidemic. This situation requires knowing the extent and magnitude of the issue and articulation of measures in the three governmental spheres(federal, municipal and state) to ensure access to adequate and healthy food and reduce the disease’s adverse effectson the diet, health, and nutrition among the most vulnerable people. Thus, this work aims to contribute to the debate on the measures to be adopted by governments and society to promote and ensure food and nutrition security and prevent insecurity and the expansion of hunger during and after the social and health crisis created by the pandemic.

Resumo O surgimento da COVID-19 no Brasil explicitou ainda mais a enorme discrepância entre diferentes realidades sociais que coexistem no país, reacendendo as discussões acerca da segurança alimentar e nutricional, à semelhança do que vem acontecendo em outros países que enfrentam a mesma situação de pandemia. Argumenta-se neste trabalho que os riscos para a Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional (SAN) e a fome dos brasileiros já vinham se apresentando desde 2016, sendo agora aprofundados pela emergência da epidemia da COVID-19, passando a exigir compreensão da extensão e da magnitude dos problemas e articulação de medidas governamentais nas três esferas de gestão (federal, municipal e estadual), que possam assegurar o acesso à alimentação adequada e saudável, com vistas a reduzir os impactos negativos da doença na condição de alimentação, saúde e nutrição dos mais vulneráveis. Assim, este texto pretende contribuir para o debate sobre as medidas a serem adotadas pelos governos e sociedade para promover e garantir a SAN e impedir que a insegurança e a expansão da fome avancem durante e após a crise social e sanitária gerada pela pandemia.

Abstract The emergence of COVID-19 in Brazil further explained the massive discrepancy between different social realities coexisting in the country, rekindling the discussions about food and nutrition security, similarly to what has been happening in other countries facing the same pandemic situation. In this paper, we argue that the risks to hunger and food security in Brazil have been present since 2016 and are now being exacerbated due to the emergence of the COVID-19 epidemic. This situation requires knowing the extent and magnitude of the issue and articulation of measures in the three governmental spheres(federal, municipal and state) to ensure access to adequate and healthy food and reduce the disease’s adverse effectson the diet, health, and nutrition among the most vulnerable people. Thus, this work aims to contribute to the debate on the measures to be adopted by governments and society to promote and ensure food and nutrition security and prevent insecurity and the expansion of hunger during and after the social and health crisis created by the pandemic.