Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hat dies direkt geteilt
Community engagement is a key element to serving the Yanomami people in northern Brazil. ⤵️ With support from the Indigenous public health system, we’re going into communities in the Auaris region of the Yanomami territory to bring access to health care closer to the people. The Yanomami Indigenous Land is the largest Indigenous territory in the country, and in recent years the people have been struggling with a health crisis linked to a handful of factors, including environmental degradation caused by illegal mining. Not only have traditional fishing and hunting areas been damaged and disturbed, contributing to food insecurity, but the land has been scarred by holes that fill with rainwater, creating ideal breeding conditions for mosquitoes and to the spreading of malaria. With malaria cases on the rise severely affecting the population, our goal is to reduce the number of cases through prevention methods, spreading educational awareness, and diagnosing and treating people in need.