The emerging and re-emerging zoonotic diseases affecting Brazil today result from complex interactions between natural and human systems.
Vector-borne diseases make a significant contribution to the disease burden in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), amounting to about one million years of potential life lost due to premature mortality or disability (DALYs).
Chagas disease is a important vector-borne disease that constitutes a significant burden of illness among the poor in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). More than 10 million people in the region are infected by the parasite Trypanosoma Cruzi.
New research aims to help control malaria in one watershed in northern Peru. Malaria is widespread in Peru's arid North Coast because of the extensive irrigation required to support rice paddies.
The most direct and effective method for reducing tobacco consumption is to increase the price of tobacco products through legislating higher taxes.
Raising taxes in Latin America presents a unique opportunity to improve public health and create net gains for national economies.
Cardiovascular disease causes about 100,000 deaths and 250,000 events in Argentina each year. The cost to the country is more than CA$1 billion.
Expert advice and evidence-based research will guide policymakers' efforts to adopt effective fiscal policies to reduce demand for tobacco products in Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala.
Although it represents 10% of the world's population, Latin America produces only 2.3% of global scientific knowledge.
Unhealthy diets have been widely acknowledged as a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs). In Argentina, the average intake of fruits and vegetables is very low.