Cross-Border Interactions and Health in the Brazil-Colombia-Peru Border Zone

The border area between Brazil, Colombia, and Peru has a population of over 100,000 people; at least a quarter are indigenous (mostly Tikuna), and the rest is composed of people from the Andean region and some itinerant groups (migrants, traders, etc.). The “twin cities”, Tabatinga (Brazil) and Leti...

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Autores principales: Suárez-Mutis, Martha Cecilia; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Fiocruz, Mora Cárdenas, Claudia Mercedes; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz, Perez Reyes, Ligia del Pilar; Secretaria Departamental de Salud del Amazonas, Peiter, Paulo Cesar; Escola Politécnica de Saúde Joaquim Venancio/Fiocruz.
Formato: Artículo publishedVersion Artículo revisado por pares Peer-reviewed Article
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2010
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Acceso en línea:http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/imanimundo/article/view/10268
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=co/co-027&d=article10268oai
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topic public health
border interactions; cholera; malaria; AIDS
salud pública; medicina
interacciones transfronterizas; cólera; malaria; sida
spellingShingle public health
border interactions; cholera; malaria; AIDS
salud pública; medicina
interacciones transfronterizas; cólera; malaria; sida
Suárez-Mutis, Martha Cecilia; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Fiocruz
Mora Cárdenas, Claudia Mercedes; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz
Perez Reyes, Ligia del Pilar; Secretaria Departamental de Salud del Amazonas
Peiter, Paulo Cesar; Escola Politécnica de Saúde Joaquim Venancio/Fiocruz.
Cross-Border Interactions and Health in the Brazil-Colombia-Peru Border Zone
topic_facet public health
border interactions; cholera; malaria; AIDS
salud pública; medicina
interacciones transfronterizas; cólera; malaria; sida
description The border area between Brazil, Colombia, and Peru has a population of over 100,000 people; at least a quarter are indigenous (mostly Tikuna), and the rest is composed of people from the Andean region and some itinerant groups (migrants, traders, etc.). The “twin cities”, Tabatinga (Brazil) and Leticia (Colombia), receive a significant flux of people from the adjacent regions of each country, each one having a referral hospital for attending cases of moderate complexity. This region has a high incidence of  water-borne diseases, such as diarrhea and hepatitis, those transmitted by vectors, such as malaria and leishmaniasis, and other infectious diseases related to living conditions and the level of access to the health system, such as sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis, and Hansen’s disease.. This work presents attempts to carry out a global analysis of the prevalence of some health problems introduced into the area during the last two decades, such as cholera epidemics, malaria, and HIV/AIDS infection, attempting to describe their main determinants in the region.
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author Suárez-Mutis, Martha Cecilia; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Fiocruz
Mora Cárdenas, Claudia Mercedes; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz
Perez Reyes, Ligia del Pilar; Secretaria Departamental de Salud del Amazonas
Peiter, Paulo Cesar; Escola Politécnica de Saúde Joaquim Venancio/Fiocruz.
author_facet Suárez-Mutis, Martha Cecilia; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Fiocruz
Mora Cárdenas, Claudia Mercedes; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz
Perez Reyes, Ligia del Pilar; Secretaria Departamental de Salud del Amazonas
Peiter, Paulo Cesar; Escola Politécnica de Saúde Joaquim Venancio/Fiocruz.
author_sort Suárez-Mutis, Martha Cecilia; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Fiocruz
title Cross-Border Interactions and Health in the Brazil-Colombia-Peru Border Zone
title_short Cross-Border Interactions and Health in the Brazil-Colombia-Peru Border Zone
title_full Cross-Border Interactions and Health in the Brazil-Colombia-Peru Border Zone
title_fullStr Cross-Border Interactions and Health in the Brazil-Colombia-Peru Border Zone
title_full_unstemmed Cross-Border Interactions and Health in the Brazil-Colombia-Peru Border Zone
title_sort cross-border interactions and health in the brazil-colombia-peru border zone
publisher Universidad Nacional de Colombia
publishDate 2010
url http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/imanimundo/article/view/10268
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=co/co-027&d=article10268oai
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