When Healthcare is Part of the Village
English + Português
In January 2023, the Brazilian Minister of Health — faced with a regional scenario of malnutrition and a lack of medical assistance — declared a state of emergency on Yanomami lands.
English + Português
In January 2023, the Brazilian Minister of Health — faced with a regional scenario of malnutrition and a lack of medical assistance — declared a state of emergency on Yanomami lands.
English + Portuguese
In June of the second year of the new biological or biocultural plague ravaging humanity, I crossed the wooden bridges of the small Amazonian community of Cacau Pirêra, in the district…
A meeting with a group of indigenous leaders, during my recent trip to the Amazon, still resonates with me to this day. I met with them in Atalaia do Norte—the riverside entrance to the Javari reserve, a region in the Javari river basin. They wanted to share concerns about…
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