My Wooden House: Unit Cost of Popular Housing in Acre state, Brazil

On financialization and state spatial fixes in Brazil. A geographical and historical interpretation of the housing program My House My Life

The paper presents a historical overview of the relations between housing, housing finance and capital markets in Brazil, while embedding it into an analysis of the recently launched housing program My House My Life (MCMV). Considering the absence of a consolidated market for mortgage finance and a public housing stock, Brazilian financialization doesn't fit standard narratives that have either...

[American cutaneous leishmaniasis in the State of Acre, Brazil].

OBJECTIVE Present a statistical survey of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ACL) in the State of Acre. METHODS Data were obtained from the forms of the "Campaign against Leishmaniasis", from January 1992 to December 1997. Descriptive statistical analysis was applied. RESULTS There were 2.557 registered cases. The highest prevalence was found at the microregion of Brasiléia (231.8 cases/10,0...

Sporadic Oropouche Infection, Acre, Brazil

stroke located in the left hemisphere. IgG and IgM antibodies against TOSV were detected in a serum sample obtained at that time. The patient was discharged 1 week later with slight aphasia. The most relevant common signs observed in patients 1 and 2 were the ischemic complications. Few cases of complicated encephalitis with sequelae caused by TOSV have been described (5,6). Moreover, to our kn...

Medical Specialties with Highest Percentages of Complaints in the State of Acre, Brazil

Spatial and spatio-temporal analysis of malaria in the state of Acre, western Amazon, Brazil.

Since 2005, the State of Acre, western Amazon, Brazil, has reported the highest annual parasite incidence (API) of malaria among the Brazilian states. This study examines malaria incidence in Acre using spatial and spatio-temporal analysis based on an ecological time series study analyzing malaria cases and deaths for the time period 1992- 2014 and using secondary data. API indexes were calcula...