Brazilian Real Exchange RateThe considerable increase in the number of cases of dengue fever in Natal has forced its local authorities to declare state of emergency (Dengue: Prefeito Carlos Eduardo decreta estado de emergência).
In the first three months of 2008 there were 2.568 cases of dengue fever and 272 of hemorrhagic dengue fever, resulting in two deaths (in [...]
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UPDATE: 10 facts about dengue fever in Brazil Public health care provision in Brazil is precarious. The health system is saturated, understaffed and underfunded, and it is quite normal to find hospitals where there are no doctors to attend an emergency or where medicine stocks are empty. In touristic places the public health system is slightly better than what is found in large [...] The biggest health problem, for which there is no preventive treatment, is dengue fever. The disease is widespread, and it is transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. In recent years, there have been massive outbreaks of dengue fever in regions of the states of Rio, São Paulo, and most recently, Mato Grosso do Sul. Typical [...] |
  
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