Strategies for content recommendation in the Brazilian rapid response to syphilis project.

Syphilis is a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) which the Brazilian Ministry of Health has acknowledged an epidemic since 2016. To face such a problem, it is essential to develop and implement educational actions enhanced by information and communication technologies to qualify, train and raise awareness nationally. Considering the increasing number of Open Educational Resources developed, existing open health repositories and other digital platforms that allow interaction in the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) as well as the vast number of Healthcare Information Systems, it is essential to the develop solutions to efficiently and costly recommend content accordingly to the interest of health professionals and the current needs and priorities of the SUS, such as the epidemic of syphilis. This paper presents a discussion on the information systems and the data available and strategies of recommendation systems based on this scenario, integrating health surveillance, formative needs, georeference of health teams and professionals and epidemiological data to recommend content to health professionals all over the country.