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Obesity is increasing at a high pace with one in every five Brazilians obese. More than half the population is overweight.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) launched a national plan to reduce the incidence and eradicate tuberculosis in the country.

Brazil contributed for the largest share, i.e. around 35% of the Latin America home healthcare market in 2013. Increasing healthcare awareness and rising healthcare expenditure on chronic [...]

Philips is keen to engage more in healthcare public-private partnerships in Brazil. The Dutch company grasps almost 20% of a consortium that includes Brazilian health imaging diagnostic companies [...]

Brazil’s Health Minister has released BRL 234 million a year for health services that were running without compensation from the federal government. The funds will go to 193 municipalities and [...]

People of Venezuela are travelling to Brazil in search of food, medicine and hospitals as a result of Venezuela’s failing healthcare system. Economic crisis and hyperinflation have cleaned [...]

A latest survey conducted by Datafolha has revealed that every three in 10 Brazilians consider healthcare as their main public concern and 10% listed education as their number one concern. The [...]

Brazil, Russia, India and China, the BRIC countries represent a total medical market of USD 26.8 billion. The economic downturn has affected these geographies varyingly; for instance, the [...]

Brazil has succeeded in remarkably improving access to medical care for most of its population through a combination of public policies and its Unified Health System. But the nation needs to [...]

The utilization of health devices has grown in Brazil by 11.5% over the past six years. Consumption grew 4% last year despite the stagnant economy of country. Modernization of the hospital [...]