Malaria among indigenous peoples on the Brazil-French Guiana border, 2007-2016: a descriptive study^*

Abstract

Objective:

to describe the profile and incidence of malaria cases among indigenous and non-indigenous people on the Brazil-French Guiana border, between 2007 and 2016.

Methods:

this is a descriptive study based on analysis of cases notified on the Malaria Epidemiological Surveillance Information System (SIVEP-Malaria), organized using Tableau 10.3.

Results:

a total of 21,729 cases were notified in the period; the highest annual number of notifications was 3,637 (16.7%) in 2009, 1,956 (53.8%) of which related to indigenous people, representing annual parasite incidence (API) of 261/1,000; higher risk of infection was found in the Kumenê base area (API between 13 and 534/1,000) and the Manga base area (API between 55 and 448/1,000); children accounted for 20.0 to 40.0% of notified cases, while pregnant women accounted for 2.0% among non-indigenous people and 1.0% among the indigenous.

Conclusion:

malaria case distribution was unequal between indigenous and non-indigenous people, with greater occurrence among the indigenous.

Keywords:
Malaria; Epidemiology, Public Health Surveillance; Border Areas; Health of Indigenous Peoples