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Malaria cases in Terra Yanomami – The number of cases of malaria registered in the Special Indigenous Health District (DSEI) Yanomami, in Roraima, skyrocketed during the government of former President Bolsonaro. The increase appears in the report prepared by the Ministry of Health and obtained by Folha.

Malaria cases in Terra Yanomami

According to the document, more than 9,900 cases of the disease were registered in the region, where the Yanomami Indigenous Land is located, in 2018. The total increased to more than 20,300 in 2021.

The document also points out that almost a third of the cases occurred in the age group of 0 to 9 years (30%) and that the place of probable infection that grew the most in the period was precisely in mining areas. The report was produced after a survey carried out in the territory’s DSEI from 15 to 25 January.


Malaria cases in Terra Yanomami

Garimpeiro camp in Terra Yanomami. (Photo: Reproduction/Agência Brasil)


In the report obtained by Folha de S. Paulo, situations of extreme precariousness are also reported in the base poles within the Yanomami Land and in the local Casa de Saúde Indígena (casai).

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The use of expired medications, oral syringes reused without proper hygiene, facilities with feces on the floor and several closed care units due to lack of security, a consequence of the high incidence of illegal activities in nearby areas, are described.

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There are also reports of health professionals afraid of prospectors, in addition to the lack of food, gas cylinders and protective equipment for doctors. On another occasion, the report mentions that there is no proper separation for treating cases of malaria and non-malaria.

According to Folha de S. Paulo, In 2022, 11,634 cases were registered, but the report warns that the real number must be much higher, since, due to logistical difficulties, “it is considered that the insertion of data in the Sivep-Malaria (disease control system) by the District may take more than 3 months, with still significant underreporting”.

Also according to the report, during the Bolsonaro government, it was mining that boosted the growth of malaria in the region.

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Infections in indigenous areas increased from 26.6% in 2019 to 29% in 2022, with a peak of 34% in 2020. Contamination in mining areas increased from 5.2% to 18.3%.

Featured Photo: A nurse takes care of an indigenous person with malaria at the General Hospital in Roraima. Reproduction/Lalo de Almeida/Folhapress.

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