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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 [...]

The Latin American infusion pumps and accessories market is projected to reach USD 671.9 million by 2021, at a CAGR of 6.6% during the forecast period 2016-2021. Several key factors such as [...]

The Brazilian health regulatory agency Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA) has approved a diagnostic test DPP Zika IgM/IgG Assay for detection of the Zika virus infection. The test [...]

According to a market research report published by Zion, global demand for the medical device coatings market was valued at around USD 8.1 billion in 2015 and is expected to generate revenue of [...]

The results of audit conducted by the Federal Audit Court (TCU) in the main Brazilian public hospitals show the main problems faced in the health area in the country, which include beds lacking [...]