The belo monte hydroelectric plant and the epidemiological profile of malaria in the population of Altamira City– Pará –Brazil
International Journal of Development Research
The belo monte hydroelectric plant and the epidemiological profile of malaria in the population of Altamira City– Pará –Brazil
Received 19th October, 2018; Received in revised form 21st November, 2018; Accepted 06th December, 2018; Published online 30th January, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Elizabete Pereira Pires et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The Belo Monte Hydroelectric Power Plant is the most controversial construction in Brazil, due to the great environmental and social impact for the population living in its area of influence. Despite the requirements for the entrepreneur to execute the Basic Environmental Plan and the health determinants, which are aligned with local public policies, so far the impacts have not been adequately mitigated. This study analyzes the prevalence of malaria cases in the urban region of Altamira from 2010 to 2017, in order to understand the potential relationships between these occurrences and the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Plant. To verify if the number of malaria cases is under statistical control, we used the time series control chart. Malaria had a considerable reduction in the number of notifications, which occurred after the execution of the Malaria Control Action Program by the entrepreneur, so monitoring was considered successful until the end of 2017. However, with environmental pressures and difficulties in difficult access areas, in 2018 new cases appeared in the urban area of Altamira.
