Highways and outposts: economic development and health threats in the central Brazilian Amazon region |
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Authors: | Christovam Barcellos Patrícia Feitosa Giseli N Damacena Marco A Andreazzi |
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Affiliation: | (1) Health Information Research Department, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;(2) National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;(3) Brazilian Census Bureau, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Abstract: | Background Economic development is often evoked as a driving force that has the capacity to improve the social and health conditions of remote areas. However, development projects produce uneven impacts on local communities, according to their different positions within society. This study examines the spatial distribution of three major health threats in the Brazilian Amazon region that may undergo changes through highway construction. Homicide mortality, AIDS incidence and malaria prevalence rates were calculated for 70 municipalities located within the areas of influence of the Cuiabá-Santarém highway (BR-163), i.e. in the western part of the state of Pará state and the northern part of Mato Grosso. |
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