Brazil: Report Shows Increase In Infant Mortality Among Indigenous Peoples

Brazil: Report Shows Increase In Infant Mortality Among Indigenous Peoples   Translated from Portuguese, Original Below   The report Violence Against Indigenous Peoples in Brazil, released yesterday (13) by the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI), indicates that in 2011, 126 children under 5 died due to lack of medical care. The number is higher than recorded in 2010, when the indigenous organization linked to the Catholic Church had identified 92 cases.   The data is one of the...

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