Avaliando o impacto do financiamento federal no controle epidemiológico da dengue no Brasil

Abstract

The objective of this study is to verify the impact of federal funding on actions to combat dengue in Brazil. The paper tests the hypothesis that an improvement in dengue epidemiological surveillance actions, a result of increased government funding, reduces reported cases of the disease in the municipalities. Methodologically, the work uses a diff-in-diff model and the evidence suggests that the dengue vector control program, through community-level epidemiological monitoring, is effective as a tool for to reduce the cases of the disease, also presents strong heterogeneity in the response between the regions of the country.