Tag: health

Dengue Jumps 180% in South of Brazil. Authorities Urge Public

A bulletin from Brazil’s Ministry of Health reports that the number of cases of ...

Brazil Uses Soccer Imagery to Vaccinate 16 Million Against Polio

Consolidated data from the first phase of Brazil’s National Vaccination Campaign Against Child Paralysis, ...

Brazil’s Zero Hunger Food Experts Get a Week of Training

Encouraging healthy eating habits among Brazilians is the purpose of courses in the cities ...

‘Healthy Brazil’ Fights Overweight, a Problem with 40% of Brazilians

Brazil’s federal government launched last week the Healthy Brazil project, aimed at encouraging Brazilians ...

Workplace Accidents in Healthcare Rampant in Brazil

Out of a total of 390,000 workplace accidents registered in 2003, the sector where ...

In 12 Years, Brazil’s Infant Mortality Drops from 50 to 29 Per 1000

An original study conducted by Brazil’s Ministry of Health demonstrated that the Family Health ...

World’s Biggest Clinical Stem Cell Research in Brazil Jeopardized by Legal Appeal

{mosimage}A row has broken out between Brazil’s most senior law official and its health ...

Brazil Expecting 80,000 from Around the World to Hospital Fair

A delegation of sixteen representatives of the medical product industry in Egypt arrived yesterday ...

Brazil Ends Tax for Over 1000 Drugs

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed May 19 a decree that exempts ...

WHO Blames Neglect for Malaria Increase in Brazil

The World Malaria Report 2005, issued this week by the World Health Organization (WHO), ...