Mining and malaria in the Brazilian Amazon and in the Yanomami indigenous land. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical DiseasesIllegal mining expanded in the Brazilian Amazon since 2018, leading to increases in malaria among indigenous populations, particularly the Yanomami. We describe the temporal and spatial pattern of malaria and mining in indigenous lands and quantify the ...
Marcia C Castro +6 more
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Trachoma among the Yanomami Indians [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2002 The Yanomami are one of the last primitive groups of Indians living in Brazil. They have almost no contact with other cultures. The epidemiology of eye disease among Yanomami is virtually unknown. For the first time, a trachoma survey was conducted among
J.S. Paula, N.H. Medina, A.A.V. Cruz
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Prevalence of blindness and visual impairment among yanomami Indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon region: a cross-sectional observational study at CASAI-YResearch in context [PDF]
The Lancet Regional Health. AmericasSummary: Background: Indigenous populations in the Americas experience significant health inequities, especially in remote areas. Among the Yanomami, a highly mobile Indigenous people living in the Amazon, ocular health data are scarce. This study aimed
Maria Christina Chagas Ferreira +2 more
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The Yanomami indians in the INTERSALT study [PDF]
Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2003 OBJECTIVE: To study the distribution and inter-relationship among constitutional and biochemical variables with blood pressure (BP) in an population of Yanomami indians. To compare these findings with those of other populations.
Jairo de Jesus Mancilha-Carvalho +1 more
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Lengua e cultura yanomami: diccionario ilustrado yanomami-español / español-yanomami [PDF]
Mana, 2008 Cristina Martins Fargetti
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What impact did the Brazilian Federal Government’s intervention have on malaria cases in the Yanomami Indigenous lands? [PDF]
Malaria JournalBackground The northern Brazilian state of Roraima has recently experienced an increase in malaria cases, mainly caused by illegal mining activities on indigenous lands.
Jacqueline de Aguiar Barros +5 more
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A xawara e os mortos: os Yanomami, luto e luta na pandemia da Covid-19 [PDF]
Horizontes Antropológicos, 2021 Resumo A partir de uma etnografia das primeiras repercussões da pandemia do coronavírus entre os Yanomami, apontamos cruzamentos e tensões entre concepções nativas sobre a morte e a origem das doenças e discursos da epidemiologia e da biossegurança ...
Marcelo Moura Silva +1 more
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La tortuga y la caída del cielo: mímesis, memoria y performance yanomami
Revista de Estudios Brasileños, 2021 Cuando el chamán yanomami, Davi Kopenawa, vio un coche por primera vez, se preguntó si no sería una tortuga de hierro. Partiendo de la curiosidad inicial sobre cómo sería un coche yanomami, este ensayo es el resultado de la escucha de las palabras de ...
John C. Dawsey
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A Queda do Céu: ensinamentos da cosmoecologia Yanomami
Revista Ñanduty, 2023 Neste artigo, busca-se apresentar os resultados de uma pesquisa de iniciação científica, onde foi estudado sobre os ensinamentos que a cosmoecologia dos Yanomami poderiam trazer no contexto contemporâneo do Antropoceno, denominação atual da nova era ...
Tatiana Maciel Gontijo de Carvalho +1 more
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Brazil's Yanomami health disaster: addressing the public health emergency requires advancing criminal accountability [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 Erick Da Luz Scherf
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