Highlights
- •Chronic malnutrition is the painful reality that Yanomami children face in Brazil's largest Indigenous.
- •The lack, or scarcity, of medical care, pushes the Yanomami into a desperate scenario. Malaria has persistently advanced in Yanomami land.
Abstract
Chronic malnutrition is the painful reality that Yanomami children face in Brazil's
largest Indigenous Land and is pointed out by specialists as one of the results of
the federal government's “anti-indigenous policy”. The lack, or scarcity, of medical
care, together with the lack of environmental inspection, pushes the Yanomami into
a desperate scenario. It is estimated that 20,000 illegal miners operate in the territory.
Mining activity contaminates rivers with mercury and has caused deformities and illnesses
in women and children. They live on the largest indigenous reserve in Brazil. There
are nine million hectares within the Amazon Forest. Malaria has persistently advanced
in Yanomami land: there are more than 16,000 cases this year alone. Several children
are dying.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: January 13, 2022
Accepted:
November 25,
2021
Received:
November 25,
2021
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