Brazil News News Brazil » Health: Booming weight-loss drug demand in Brazil fuels thriving black market and health fears
By Luciana Magalhaes SAO PAULO, Aug 31 (Reuters) - When Brazilian customs agents opened jars of dulce de leche aboard a tourist bus arriving from Paraguay in April, they discovered hundreds of vials ...
News Brazil » Health: Brazil's health agents scour junkyards and roofs for mosquitos to fight dengue epidemic
The small team of state public health workers slalomed between auto parts strewn across a Rio de Janeiro junkyard, looking for standing water where mosquitoes might have laid their eggs. They were ...
News Brazil » Health: Rui Brandão Sees Opportunity In Brazil’s Mental Health Evolution
As Brazil advances its regulatory environment to encourage corporate practices that foster mental health, Rui Brandão, founder of healthtech Zenklub, sees opportunities ahead for providing integrated ...
News Brazil » Health: US sanctions Brazil health officials over Cuba’s overseas medical missions
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The United States has announced it is revoking the visas of Brazilian, African and Caribbean officials over their ties to Cuba's ...
News Brazil » Health: Brazil auditors protest to affect meat health certification for another 8 days
SAO PAULO, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Brazil health auditors who oversee meat plants will continue to delay the issuance of international health certificates pending talks with the government next week as ...
News Brazil » Health: Brazilian researchers warn that health care for transgender people is under threat
Recent restrictions on public policies and health care for transgender people in several countries, including Brazil, threaten to dismantle existing care structures for this population and could lead ...
News Brazil » Health: New Health and Safety Action Required for Brazil Employers – Psychosocial Risks
In recent years, the importance of addressing psychosocial risks in the workplace has gained significant attention. In Brazil, new regulations are being implemented to ensure employers take these ...
News Brazil » Health: Lula fires health minister amid new wave of COVID-19 in Brazil
Health workers on strike against the privatization of federal hospitals in Rio de Janeiro. The banner reads “Nisia the enemy of the SUS [Public Health System]” [Photo: Mayara Alves/SINSPREV/RJ] ...
News Brazil » Health: Major Expansion Of Primary Care In Brazil Linked To Decline In Unnecessary Hospitalization
In 1994 Brazil launched what has since become the world’s largest community-based primary health care program. Under the Family Health Program, teams consisting of at least one physician, one nurse, a ...
News Brazil » Health: From a vaccine mascot to business leadership, lessons for the US from Brazil’s public health system in building public trust and keeping it
Public health institutions are under threat by populist governments across the globe. Doctors and scientists across the country worry about long-term damage to the country’s health system. As a ...
News Brazil » Health: Brazil's health minister skips trip to UN assembly due to visa limitations from Trump administration
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gives a joint statement with Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu, at Planalto ...
News Brazil » Health: Brazil nuts: Boosting health, forests, and livelihoods
We speak to Truly Nuts!, retail arm of global agri-tech firm White Lion, about its plans to expand globally with sustainably harvested Brazil nuts starting in Asia and the UK. The firm’s strategy ...