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In Brazil, leprosy remains a serious public
health problem, due primarily to the involvement
of children and all physical, functional, social
and psychological consequences. This paper aims
to describe the endemic disease in Juazeiro,
Bahia and analyze the importance of the
expansion of primary care policy for disease
control. This is an exploratory ecological study
design with time series, involving all cases of
leprosy diagnosed in children less than fifteen
(15) in Juazeiro, Bahia, between the years 2003
and 2012. For the analysis of time series
regression was applied linear using the R3.0.3
software and georeferencing of units was used,
healths Terra View 4.2.2 software. Yet the
indicators for monitoring and evaluation of
leprosy were calculated. Of the 1691 cases of
leprosy, 7.8% (132) occurred in children under
15 years. There was no significant trend
insignificant decrease in detection rate in
children under 15 years (p>0.05). A significant
increase in the number of health facilities
following leprosy cases (p <0.05), as well as
expand the coverage of basic health care, making
more than 90% in 2012. Cure rate for the period
was 97.6%, taking the test contact was 78% and
the rate of noncompliance was found to be only
1.6%. From these results, we conclude that the
expansion policy of primary health care has
favorably influenced the scenario of leprosy in
children under fifteen (15) years in the county.
Keywords: leprosy; health policy; endemic
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