Cost-effective malaria control in Brazil: Cost-effectiveness of a Malaria Control Program in the Amazon Brazil, 1988-1996

Cost-effective malaria control in Brazil: Cost-effectiveness of a Malaria Control Program in the Amazon Brazil, 1988-1996

Malaria transmission was controlled elsewhere in Brazil by 1980, but in the Amazon Basin cases increased steadily until 1989, to almost half a million a year and the coefficient of mortality quadrupled in 1977-1988. The government's malaria control program almost collapsed financially in 1987-1...

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Veröffentlicht in:Social science & medicine (1982) 1999-11, Vol.49 (10), p.1385
Hauptverfasser: Akhavan, Dariush, Musgrove, Philip, Abrantes, Alexandre, Gusmao, Renato d A
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Control
Costs
Disease
Effectiveness
Malaria
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Zusammenfassung:Malaria transmission was controlled elsewhere in Brazil by 1980, but in the Amazon Basin cases increased steadily until 1989, to almost half a million a year and the coefficient of mortality quadrupled in 1977-1988. The government's malaria control program almost collapsed financially in 1987-1989 and underwent a turbulent reorganization in 1991-1993.
ISSN:0277-9536
1873-5347