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An Aedes aegypti mosquito with the dengue-blocking Wolbachia bacteria is seen at a laboratory in the Wolbito do Brasil plant, in Curitiba, Brazil, on September 1, 2025.

Highway Expansion Linked to Dengue Surge in the Amazon

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Paving the Interoceanic Highway through Peru's Madre de Dios region led to more than 10,000 additional cases of dengue, study finds

Intimate Partner Violence in Peru

Intimate Partner Violence in Peru

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The country's rates of intimate partner violence are twice the global average

Changing Drug Use in Colombia and Peru

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People who use drugs should use them in the safest and most informed way

Changing Drug Use in Colombia and Peru

The Fight Against Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

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A photo series depicting people living with TB

The Fight Against Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

When Inequity, Political Instability, and Culture Meet COVID

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An interview with Dr. Patricia Garcia, former health minister of Peru and global health leader

Dr. Patty García stands at a podium speaking. Dr. Garcia is professor and Dean of the School of Public Health at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru. She is the former Minister of Health of Peru

Religion and COVID-19—Keeping Faith in the Battle Against Coronavirus

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Faith leaders and their organizations can and should serve as crucial allies in the fight against COVID-19—and many are

A funeral worker wears a face mask with an illustration of Jesus, outside Los Ceibos hospital amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on April 15, 2020. The photo shows the worker in protective head covering and mask. on his mask is an image of Jesus with a rainbow colors on his robe. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos

Estimating the Latin Wave of Coronavirus

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Projections show potential impact of COVID-19 on Latin America—Brazil, Mexico, Peru, and Ecuador among the hardest hit

Monica Samudio, 46, whose husband Jorge Garcia, 51, died from coronavirus looks out of her window in Mexico City on April 29, 2020. Samudio faced discrimination when she contracted the disease. Picture shows the woman looking out her window and partially reflected in the glass. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

Coronavirus in Latin America

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How will the region cope with COVID-19 pressure on health care systems, weak economies, and unstable politics

Soldiers guard the Ecuadoran side of a border with Colombia in Tufino, Ecuador on March 15, 2020, after country leaders announced the closure of its borders to all foreign travelers due to COVID-19. The photo shows a simple border crossing through a small town with a big sign reading "Ecuador" above the street. The crossing is closed with metal barricades, and a soldier stands out front. REUTERS/Daniel Tapia

Unseen Diversity, From Jungle Hut to City Flat

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Study explores how diversity of chemicals and microbes changes along an "urbanization gradient" across Amazon rainforest

Picture shows weathered, rain-beaten buildings in the small Amazon Jungle community of Puerto Almendras, Peru