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Malaria in the borders between Brazil and French Guiana: social and environment...
Gomes, Margarete do Socorro Mendonça; Menezes, Rubens Alex de Oliveira; Vieira, José Luís Fernandez; Mendes, Anapaula MartinsThis study analyzes the influence of socioenvironmental health determinants on the maintenance of Plasmodium vivax malaria at the borders between French Guiana and Brazil. This study was carried out between 2011 and 2015 in the city of Oiapoque, Amapá, situated in the Brazilian Amazon region. The sample included 253 individuals of both sexes aged between 10 and 60 years. The disease was predominant in 63.64% (1...
Primary health care in municipalities at high risk for malaria
Ferreira, Ana Cristina Soares; Suárez-Mutis, Martha Cecilia; Campos, Monica Rodrigues; Castro, Claudia Garcia Serpa Osorio deThis study aims to characterize aspects of Primary Health Care in the Amazon Region of Brazil, considered as the main endemic area for malaria in the country. The Ministry of Health recommends the expansion of Primary Health Care in endemic areas for malaria. A survey focusing on patients infected with malaria was conducted in 6 municipalities, in January and February 2007, to investigate specific aspects of Pr...