Barriers to access and organization of primary health care services for rural riverside populations in the Amazon

• Main Authors: Luiza Garnelo (Author), Rosana Cristina Pereira Parente (Author), Maria Laura Rezende Puchiarelli (Author), Priscilla Cabral Correia (Author), Matheus Vasconcelos Torres (Author), Fernando José Herkrath (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The ways of life in the Amazon are diverse and not widely known. In addition, social inequities, large geographic distances and inadequate health care network noticeably limit access to health services in rural areas. Over the last decades, Brazilian health authorities have imple...