The US increases pressure on Cuba by targeting its medical brigades
Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that he will sanction officials who have facilitated the implementation of the Cuban brigade program. Cuba has asserted the program will continue.
La resolución de la Asamblea Mundial de la Salud sobre la salud de los pueblos indígenas es un momento histórico
Ricardo Weibe Nascimento Costa, Viceministro de Salud de los Pueblos Indígenas de Brasil, reflexiona sobre la importancia de la histórica resolución sobre la salud de los pueblos indígenas en la 76ª Asamblea Mundial de la Salud.
World Health Assembly resolution on the health of Indigenous peoples is a landmark moment
Ricardo Weibe Nascimento Costa, Vice-minister for the Health of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil, reflects on the importance of the historic resolution on the health of Indigenous peoples at the 76th World Health Assembly
Protestors demand civilian-led democratic transition in Sudan and other stories
Today we look at mass protests in Sudan to demand a civilian-led democratic transition, the blocking of medical supplies to Venezuela by Portuguese bank Novo Banco, and more
Vaccine access gap widens in Latin America and the Caribbean
After Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean is the region that has the lowest vaccination coverage. Amid global vaccine inequity, the region is facing additional disparity due to various others reasons such as the US sanctions, political instability, among others
Brazil may reach 1 million COVID-19 casualties by October 2021
According to an independent report conducted in Russia, the Latin American country is experiencing a third wave of infection
Understand the circumstances in which abortion is legal in Brazil
Ending a pregnancy in case of sexual abuse or when the woman’s life is at risk, has been the law of the land since 1940
Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean will deepen in coming months, experts claim
Several reports by international and regional organizations on the impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic on Latin America and the Caribbean indicate that the economic, health and social crisis is going to aggravate in the region in the coming months
Americas are the new epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) criticizes relaxing social isolation measures in the region






