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Poverty
A jararacussu snake is seen at Butantan Institute.

The Mathematical Solution to Snakebites

by Carrie Arnold

A Duke University team develops a math model to better distribute antivenom to the Amazonas

Migration
Families hug each other as they participate in a reunification meeting for relatives separated by deportation and immigration.

Joyful and Painful Tales of Migrant Reunions

by Isabella Rolz

Why integration services for immigrant families matter

Members of the Hospital Padrino strategy, Dr. Escobar and Dr. Gallego, providing training in obstetric emergencies.
Gender

Revolutionizing Maternal Care in Colombia

by María Fernanda Escobar Vidarte

How the Hospital Padrino strategy is bringing care to underserved communities

Walter Godinho is seen at his chard plantation in Piedade, Sao Paulo State, Brazil.
Food

What Brazil’s “Poison Package” Means for Global Food Supplies

by Jill Langlois

New legislation could weaken regulations on pesticide use, allowing for temporary approvals before risks are reviewed

Argentine canoeist Sebastian Rossi trains in his girlfriend's pool, due to the coronavirus outbreak, as he prepares for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Buenos Aires, Argentina June 8, 2020. The photo shows the canoeist rowing furiously in a swimming pool. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian
Poverty

Argentina's Quarantine—The Long View

by Carlos Javier Regazzoni

To build on the country's early success against COVID-19, we should envision an overall Latin American pandemic response

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
Governance

Estimating the Latin Wave of Coronavirus

by Rafael Lozano

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

Proportion of population with no access to hand-washing in 2019. The map shows that hand-washing access is lowest in low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and the Caribbean.
Poverty

Handwashing Is Crucial for Combating Coronavirus

by Alemnesh H. Mirkuzie, Awoke Misganaw Temesgen, Michael Brauer

Expanded hand-washing access could save thousands of lives from diseases like COVID-19—especially in low-income settings

Soldiers on the Ecuadoran side of the border with Colombia, in Tufino, Ecuador, after their government announced the closure of borders to all foreign travelers due to coronavirus on March 15, 2020. The photo shows a border crossing with a large sign reading, Ecuador, and several soldiers in the frame. REUTERS/Daniel Tapia
Governance

Coronavirus in Ecuador

by Fernando Sacoto, Irene Torres

Pandemic highlights need for a future broad, multidisciplinary, independent commission to inform science-based decisions

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
Trade

Coronavirus in Latin America

by Carlos Javier Regazzoni

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

A worker carries packs of table salt at a warehouse in Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 14, 2018. Picture shows the torso of what appears to be a young man heavily burdened with more than a dozen large, one-pound bags of salt. He wears a red shirt and walks against a green backdrop and the bottom bag appears to be slipping out of his grasp. REUTERS/Beawiharta Beawiharta
Food

How to Find Healthy Processed Foods? Just say Na+

by Katherine Leach-Kemon

Reducing the world’s sodium intake should start with industry, and lessons from the United Kingdom show it can work

Health care workers protesting shortage of medical supplies outside a hospital in Caracas, Venezuela on November 19, 2019. The picture shows an older woman in the foreground wearing blue hospital scrubs shouting and looking slightly off camera. She is surrounded by other protestors, many of whom are waving protest signs and also shouting. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Governance

The Human Toll of Political Strife: Malaria’s Rise in Venezuela

by Katherine Leach-Kemon, Lucas Earl

Crisis-fueled resurgence of disease in Venezuela threatens progress made by several South American countries

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

Unseen Diversity, From Jungle Hut to City Flat

by Jason Socrates Bardi

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