Menina Yanomami de 1 ano com desnutrição morre por verminose durante remoção aérea para Boa Vista

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A 1-year-11-month-old Yanomami girl weighing only 6.1 kg died during an air evacuation flight to Boa Vista, suffering from severe malnutrition, malaria, and parasitic infections including Loeffler's syndrome and ascariasis. Indigenous leaders allege the evacuation was delayed by nearly six hours and that government health resources are failing to reach indigenous communities. The death highlights ongoing health crises in the Yanomami indigenous territory spanning Amazonas and Roraima states.

🇧🇷 Location: Boa Vista — Sources: 1 — First seen: Last seen:
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