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From: Pharmaceutical services for endemic situations in the Brazilian Amazon: organization of services and prescribing practices for Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum non-complicated malaria in high-risk municipalities

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Map of selected municipalities in the Brazilian Amazon. Six malaria high risk municipalities in the Brazilian Amazon were selected for the study. Cruzeiro do Sul and Rodrigues Alves in the State of Acre, Manaus and Presidente Figueiredo in Amazonas and Porto Velho and Ariquemes in the State of Rondonia. The election criteria were API (Annual Parasitic Index) greater than 50 cases per 1, 000 inhabitants (in the previous year) and an ocurrence of at least 7, 000 cases of malaria per year (in order to guarantee 150 patients consulted per week). Finally, two municipalities with > 100, 000 inhabitants (Manaus and Porto Velho), 2 with between 99, 999 and 30, 000 inhabitants (Ariquemes and Cruzeiro do Sul) and 2 with < 29, 999 inhabitants (Presidente Figueiredo and Rodrigues Alves) were selected from eligible municipalities in the region.

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Malaria Journal

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