Situation malaria in a municipality of the legal amazon: an epidemiological analysis of candeias do jamari in rondônia, 2012-2016
International Journal of Development Research
Situation malaria in a municipality of the legal amazon: an epidemiological analysis of candeias do jamari in rondônia, 2012-2016
Received 20th February, 2018; Received in revised form 22nd March, 2018; Accepted 11th April, 2018; Published online 31st May, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Marcuce Antonio Miranda dos Santos et al.,. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This research aimed to describe the epidemiological profile of malaria in the municipality of Candeias do Jamari, State of Rondônia, Brazi in the period 2012 to 2016. This is an epidemiological study, descriptive and exploratory, with bibliographic and documentary methods, using secondary, retrospective data and quantitative approach, carried out by collecting information from the Epidemiological Surveillance System information Malaria municipality of Candeias do Jamari. The results show a sharp decline in the number of reported cases, following the framework of most cities of the Brazilian Amazon region. The population was predominantly male. Regarding the female was found records of cases of malaria in pregnant women every year in the analyzed period. The vast majority of malaria cases were caused by Plasmodium vivax in urban areas. Therefore, it prepared a Strategic Planning of Health, which is believed to entail a project management, enabling an analysis of the actual situation, setting a new situation, plan the feasibility of building plan and monitoring. This study sought to contribute to aggregate information about the endemic malaria in the city studied, with data to assist public agencies involved to traçarem new work strategies and disease control. construction plan and feasibility plan monitoring. This study sought to contribute to aggregate information about the endemic malaria in the city studied, with data to assist public agencies involved to traçarem new work strategies and disease control.