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Between March 4 and July 10, official but undisclosed figures show 80,332 new indigenous cases of malaria.

The latest global report on immunization by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF showed that Chile maintains an elevated level of coverage in vaccines, even above the continent's average.

One in three diabetic patients develop retinopathy, a silent disease that can cause blindness, but is poorly understood by physicians at public health institutions.

Due to the increasing penetration of smartphones and tablets among the population of the country, the health industry has found in mobile technology a solution for care and monitoring.

Data from the Brazilian Society of Nephrology (SBN) indicate that one in 10 Brazilians suffers from kidney disease.

While being the smallest of the five major healthcare markets in Latin America, Peru has demonstrated steady and consistent growth from 2014 to 2016.

Brazil began selling self-tests for HIV virus in pharmacies, becoming the first Latin American nation to market these tests.

In recent decades, overweight and obesity have taken on alarming proportions. It is an epidemic that affects 40 million boys and girls in the world, 10 million more than two decades ago.

Approximately 40 million people in Mexico suffer from allergy that affects the quality of life of families and causes school and work absenteeism.

A report by the Colombian Association of Hospitals and Clinics (ACHC) revealed that the debt to hospitals and clinics for the provision of health services in the country reached USD7.3trillion, [...]