Assessment of a Brazilian public policy intervention to address schistosomiasis in Pernambuco state: the SANAR program, 2011–2014

Assessment of a Brazilian public policy intervention to address schistosomiasis in Pernambuco state: the SANAR program, 2011–2014

Abstract Background Brazil is an endemic country for schistosomiasis in the Latin American and Caribbean countries. Pernambuco is a higher-endemic Brazilian state among the 19 states reporting the disease in the country; schistosomiasis affects 102 (55%) of its 185 municipalities. Our objective was...

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Main Authors: Luiz Augusto Facchini, Bruno Pereira Nunes, Eronildo Felisberto, José Alexandre Menezes da Silva, Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Junior, Elaine Tomasi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Schistosomiasis
Collective treatment
Parasitic diseases
Prevalence
Health policy
Brazil
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-018-6102-5

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