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In three months, malaria cases grow 30% in the Amazon
posted 19/04/2012 at 17:50 - Updated 19/04/2012 at 17:50
State is the second largest concentration of cases with the disease in the country. The Amazon concentrates 99% of cases.
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The numbers of malaria cases increased by 30% in the first three months of the year in the Amazon, due to floods in the rivers of the state, according to the Foundation for Health Surveillance - FVS, linked to the Health Secretary of Amazonas.
The FVS mentioned as another reason for the increase in the rate the difficulty of accessing the more remote regions such as rural and indigenous villages. The technical director of the foundation, Lub?lia Sa Freire, said the agency is adopting various measures to prevent disease, such as mosquito nets.
"We are working and raising, especially the process of distributing mosquito nets [ net curtains soaked with insecticide is not harmful to health ], used for individual stocks and also the coat of the house, "he said. She said that staff on duty to care in the Amazonian municipalities.
According to the Ministry of Health, the Amazon is the second largest state with a concentration of malaria cases in the country. In 2010, 74,136 cases were recorded, and last year 60,668 - a reduction of 18%. Also according to the agency, the Legal Amazon - area covered by the states of Acre, Amap?, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Par?, Rond?nia, Roraima, Tocantins and part of the state of Maranh?o - concentrates 99% of malaria cases in the country.
The ministry handed over $ 15 million in 2011 to install more than one million mosquito nets with insecticides and sent 194 to the network of microscopic diagnoses of malaria, 39 trucks and 250,000 rapid tests for verification of the disease.
Information Agency Brazil
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In three months, malaria cases grow 30% in the Amazon
posted 19/04/2012 at 17:50 - Updated 19/04/2012 at 17:50
State is the second largest concentration of cases with the disease in the country. The Amazon concentrates 99% of cases.
Editor's redacao@novohamburgo.org ( Follow on Twitter )
The numbers of malaria cases increased by 30% in the first three months of the year in the Amazon, due to floods in the rivers of the state, according to the Foundation for Health Surveillance - FVS, linked to the Health Secretary of Amazonas.
The FVS mentioned as another reason for the increase in the rate the difficulty of accessing the more remote regions such as rural and indigenous villages. The technical director of the foundation, Lub?lia Sa Freire, said the agency is adopting various measures to prevent disease, such as mosquito nets.
"We are working and raising, especially the process of distributing mosquito nets [ net curtains soaked with insecticide is not harmful to health ], used for individual stocks and also the coat of the house, "he said. She said that staff on duty to care in the Amazonian municipalities.
According to the Ministry of Health, the Amazon is the second largest state with a concentration of malaria cases in the country. In 2010, 74,136 cases were recorded, and last year 60,668 - a reduction of 18%. Also according to the agency, the Legal Amazon - area covered by the states of Acre, Amap?, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Par?, Rond?nia, Roraima, Tocantins and part of the state of Maranh?o - concentrates 99% of malaria cases in the country.
The ministry handed over $ 15 million in 2011 to install more than one million mosquito nets with insecticides and sent 194 to the network of microscopic diagnoses of malaria, 39 trucks and 250,000 rapid tests for verification of the disease.
Information Agency Brazil