MEDSF Brazil

Unprecedented flooding in Brazil leaves millions affected and hundreds of thousands displaced

Mon, 20 May 2024 05:37:14 +0000

As rescue teams face challenges in reaching people affected by extreme flooding in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, we are focusing on supporting those in the most vulnerable conditions.

Venezuelan migrants left without healthcare, shelter and services in Brazil

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 10:32:01 +0000

As hundreds of Venezuelan migrants arrive daily in Roraima state, Brazil, they find themselves in precarious conditions, often sleeping rough without access to basic services.

COVID-19 pandemic threatens to deteriorate in Brazil as 500,000 deaths recorded

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 07:50:22 +0000

As the cold weather settles in for another winter in Brazil, the COVID-19 pandemic in the country threatens to deteriorate once again, even as the country passes half a million recorded deaths. MEDSF teams are responding.

Failed coronavirus response drives Brazil to humanitarian catastrophe

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 11:50:42 +0000

A year into the pandemic, and after recording over a quarter of the world's COVID-19 deaths last week, Brazil's coronavirus response is spiralling out of control, resulting in avoidable deaths.

Coronavirus COVID-19 collapses health system in Manaus, Brazil

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 10:20:20 +0000

Coronavirus COVID-19 has caused the health system in Manaus, the capital of Brazil's Amazonas state, to collapse, forcing city hospitals to stop receiving serious patients from other towns.

Preventing coronavirus COVID-19 among indigenous people in Brazil

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 13:28:39 +0000

Coronavirus COVID-19 has hit indigenous people in communities and villages across Brazil hard. MEDSF is in Mato Grosso do Sul state, providing consultations and home visits for people who have the virus.

Coronavirus COVID-19 nightmare continues in Brazil

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 15:35:16 +0000

With the second-most number of both cases and deaths worldwide from the new coronavirus, it is clear that the COVID-19 situation in Brazil is catastrophic.

MEDSF responds to the COVID-19 pandemic in Amazonas

Wed, 27 May 2020 09:05:13 +0000

The state of Amazonas is among the regions with the highest absolute number of deaths caused by the COVID-19 Brazil. MEDSF is scaling up its work to respond to the pandemic.

Providing care to vulnerable people during COVID-19 in Brazil

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:26:39 +0000

MEDSF teams are working in São Paulo and Roraima in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, focusing on the welfare of homeless people and migrants.

Taking care of the mental health of Venezuelan children in Brazil

Fri, 11 Oct 2019 12:39:51 +0000