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VII Latin American and the Caribbean Congress on Global Health

Study shows a 19% excess of deaths in Brazil in 2020

The group of infectious and parasitic diseases was the one that stood out the most from among the defined causes of death

‘Flock’ (‘Revoada’) documentary has its world premiere at an independent festival in Germany

Flock (Revoada) records health expeditions of the Fiocruz Amazônia in the Triple Border of the state of Amazonas

Fiocruz presents initiatives at 8th Global Forum of the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact

Denise Oliveira e Silva, vice-director of Fiocruz Brasília, Richarlls Martins da Silva, executive coordinator of the Fiocruz Plan to Combat COVID-19 in the Favelas, and Leonardo Esteves de Freitas, member of the OTSS

Rate of hospitalized babies due to malnutrition reaches its worst level in the past 13 years

Data showed that black babies account for 2/3 of the hospitalizations due to malnutrition from Jan 2018 to Aug 2022

Civil society and health emergencies

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Study shows a 70% excess of maternal deaths in Brazil during the pandemic

The North Region, where Amazon is, was the only one in which an excess of maternal deaths in the 37-49 years age group was observed in the five trimesters under study