The association between a conditional cash transfer programme and malaria incidence: a longitudinal ecological study in the Brazilian Amazon between 2004 and 2015

• Main Authors: Layana Costa Alves (Author), Mauro Niskier Sanchez (Author), Thomas Hone (Author), Luiz Felipe Pinto (Author), Joilda Silva Nery (Author), Pedro Luiz Tauil (Author), Maurício Lima Barreto (Author), Gerson Oliveira Penna (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Malaria causes 400 thousand deaths worldwide annually. In 2018, 25% (187,693) of the total malaria cases in the Americas were in Brazil, with nearly all (99%) Brazilian cases in the Amazon region. The Bolsa Família Programme (BFP) is a conditional cash transfer (CCT) programme l...