Health

Brazil Renews for Three More Years Contract with Cuban Doctors

Antônio Nardi, executive secretary at Brazil’s Health Ministry, signed a deal which ensures the ...

Brazil Moves to Emulate the US and Dismantle Its Universal Healthcare System

Since 1988, the newly established Brazilian constitution has affirmed access to public healthcare as ...

Hypochondriacs They Are Not! 77% of Brazilians Call Selves Healthy or Very Healthy

IBGE, the Brazilian bureau of statistics, has just released the 2008 edition of its ...

This Holiday Season, Get a Flu Shot and Give the Gift of Health to Your Family

Advertorial When you get a flu shot this holiday season, you’re not only decreasing ...

Got a Sex Disease? Use Brazil Governments’s Virtual Card to Tell Your Partner

Courtesy of Brazil's government, Brazilians with a sexual transmitted disease (STD) will now be ...

Brazil Expecting US$ 20 Million from Middle East Medical Fair

Brazil's Association of the Manufacturers of Medical and Dental Products (Abimo), estimates that the ...

Brazil Inaction Brings Malaria and Tuberculosis Back to Indian Population

The recent occupations of public buildings by Brazilian Indians are reactions to the ineffectiveness ...

African mother cares for sick child

US to Join Brazil in Fight Against Malaria and Tuberculosis in Africa

Brazilian President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and his US counterpart, George Bush, agreed ...

Brazil to Promote Medical Tourism Overseas

The Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex) and the Brazil Heath Consortium sign ...

Brazilians Can Dial 192 and Get Emergency Care in 10 Minutes

At the inauguration of the Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu, Serviço de Atendimento Móvel ...