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Human Mobility Undermines Brazil's Push to Eliminate Amazonian Malaria
Original: Human Mobility Undermines Brazil’s Push to Eliminate Amazonian Malaria
Brazil's efforts to eliminate malaria in the Amazon region are being complicated by the movement of people across the rainforest. Mobile populations, including miners, loggers and migrants travelling between remote settlements, carry the parasite into areas where transmission had been brought under control, making case detection and treatment harder. The report highlights how population mobility continues to undermine national elimination targets despite progress in reducing infections.
Why now: Human movement is hindering malaria control efforts in the Brazilian Amazon, a public health setback of concern to the global health community.
Evidence
- Human Mobility Undermines Brazil’s Push to Eliminate Amazonian Malaria · Bioengineer.org
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