Tag: children
Brazil Adopts Swift’s Modest Proposal Condemning Children to Slow Death
In 1729, the writer Jonathan Swift presented what he called “A Modest Proposal” to ...
Malaria and Tuberculosis Are Killing Indian Kids in Brazil
Two children from the Pirahã people died during the first days of January and ...
Maternal Mortality Still Too High in Brazil: 74 Deaths Per 1,000 Births
In 2002, the infant mortality rate in Brazil was 25.1 deaths before the age ...
Anemia Afflicts Half of All Brazilian Children
Brazil’s Pastoral Commission for Children estimates that around 50% of poor Brazilian children suffer from ...
Brazilian Children With AIDS Get Helping Hand from Los Angeles Foundation
Los Angeles-based Children Affected by AIDS Foundation (CAAF) announced its first ever international grant ...
Brazil Breaks International Kid Porn Network on the Internet
The Coordinator of the Information Security Committee, of Brazil’s Ministry of Justice, Jorilson Rodrigues, ...
In 3 years, Brazil Has Denied 1.5 million Children the Right to Life
Together with the other UN member-nations, Brazil committed itself to fulfill eight Millennium Development ...
Where Are Brazil’s Missing Kids? Each Year 6,000 Disappear Without a Trace
Each year around 40 thousand children and adolescents disappear in Brazil. According to data ...
For UNICEF, War Against Child Abuse in Brazil Needs United Front
Activities to combat violence in Brazil are in need of a common basis of ...
Sex Abuse Against Kids in Brazil Is Usually All in the Family
Brazil’s Committee on Sexual Violence against Children (Comitê Nacional de Enfrentamento da Violência Sexual ...