Tag: health

Whole Indian Tribe in Brazil Falls Ill for Lack of Water and Sanitation

Since the beginning of the year, the 65 families of Brazil's Maxakali people who ...

In Brazil, Yellow Fever Scare Brings Fear of an Epidemic

Brazil's Health Minister, José Gomes Temporão, used a radio and TV pool this Sunday, ...

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World’s Second Largest Health Fair Brings 30 Countries to Brazil

The Brazilian minister of Health, José Gomes Temporão, said in the southeastern Brazilian city ...

Brazil Wants to Make Medical Tourism a One-Million Dollar Industry

The Brazil Health Consortium, established by nine organizations,  and the Apex have already invested ...

US Foundation Tells Brazil to Break Patents If Needed to Keep AIDS Program Going

On the heels of an article published yesterday, January 3, in the Boston Globe, ...

Community Gives Big Boost to AIDS Fight in Brazil

In the opinion of the technical director of the Brazilian Ministry of Health’s HIV/AIDS ...

Brazil Learns That Every US$ 0.43 Invested in Sanitation Saves US$ 2.20 in Health Costs

By investing approximately US$ 305 million, Brazil’s National Health Foundation (FUNASA) hopes to improve ...

Brazil Wants to Halve Its Transplant Waiting Line of 63,000

During National Organ and Tissue Donation Week, which runs through Friday, September 30, Brazil’s ...

Brazilian Task Force Ends Malaria in Peru and Colombia Border

Known as the Vale do Javari Task Force, and coordinated by Brazil’s National Health ...

Argentina and Brazil Join Forces to Fight Tuberculosis and AIDS

Brazil’s Health Minister, Saraiva Felipe, will be today in Buenos Aires, where he and ...