Brazil News News Brazil » Health: Mexico and Brazil forge health alliance ahead of 2027 universal care system launch
Brazil’s Health Minister Alexandre Padilha celebrated the strategic nature of the bilateral collaboration and highlighted Brazil’s universal healthcare system — known as the Unified Health System (SUS ...
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
Bolsonaro’s attacks on the vaccine program – a backbone of Brazil’s preventive health efforts – were especially strong. He pressured Brazil’s drug regulatory agency to ban pediatric vaccines. He ...
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: In Brazil, unfinished water project leaves Indigenous villages without safe water
Turned upside down on the dirt floor, next to an artisanal flour mill, a huge water tank catches the eye of those passing through the Bem Viver community, in the Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous ...
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: 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: Brazil authorizes medical cannabis cultivation for the first time
RIO DE JANEIRO (CN) — Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa on Wednesday approved a new set of rules expanding the use of medical cannabis and authorizing, for the first time, cultivation of the plant ...
News Brazil » Health: Brazil methanol poisonings top 120 cases after deadly tainted liquor fuels nationwide panic
Brazil’s Health Ministry is warning people to avoid cocktails after tainted liquor killed at least one person, blinded others and fueled a nationwide panic. From chic São Paulo bars to Rio de ...
News Brazil » Health: Brazil battles methanol poisoning incident with 200 affected
Brazil has recorded 217 cases of methanol poisoning following adulterated alcohol consumption. The Ministry of Health (Ministério da Saúde) said 17 cases are confirmed and 200 are under investigation.