Tag: health

Condoms for All: Brazil to Give Away 1 Billion of Them

Brazil’s Ministry of Health will buy around one billion condoms for free distribution in ...

Brazil, a World Leader in Transplant

Brazil has the world’s largest public system of organ transplants. By the end of ...

Cigarette Kills 200,000 Brazilians a Year

The World Health Organization (WHO) regards smoking as a global health problem and the ...

AIDS on the Rise Among Blacks in Brazil

The latest report from the Ministry of Health on AIDS in Brazil shows that ...

71.3! Expect to Live that Much if You Are Brazilian

The life expectancy of both men and women who were born in Brazil in ...

Brazilian Government to Make Drugs at the Tune of 10 Billion Units

Brazil’s Oswaldo Cruz Foundation plans to increase its production of remedies in its laboratories ...

Tuberculosis Still Kills 6,000 Every Year in Brazil

Each year 85,000 Brazilians contract tuberculosis, and nearly 6,000 die as a result of ...

Killer Dengue Season Is Back in Brazil

Brazil’s Ministry of Health launched a new campaign against dengue and announced that ads ...

Brazil, a Leader in Medical and Veterinary Homeopathy

The use of homeopathic medicines in farm animals is a good thing. In cows ...

Authorized Use of Leishmaniasis Vaccine Made in Brazil

The world’s first leishmaniasis vaccine received authorization from the Ministry of Agriculture to be ...