Even if you are not an American citizen, the US government’s CDC website should be your starting point for any consultation on health issues related to your upcoming trip to Brazil. You will find the information under the section Health Information for Brazil. It contains thorough, reliable and up-to-date information on all health issues, including [...]
The 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 [...]
Posted on March 16th, 2007 in health
UPDATE: 10 facts about dengue fever in Brazil With the arrival of the tropical summer, dengue fever returns to the headlines. This year’s dengue epidemic is particularly virulent. 2006 registered more than 300.000 cases. This year there have been outbreaks everywhere, with special concern for the one in Campo Grande (Mato Grosso do Sul) Here [...]
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Posted on March 15th, 2007 in health
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 [...]
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Posted on March 15th, 2007 in health
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 [...]
