Mato Grosso: Neglect And Failure Cause Emergency In Health Care Among Indigenous In MT

Mato Grosso: Neglect And Failure Cause Emergency In Health Care Among Indigenous In MT   Translated from Portuguese, Original Below   Government promises change, but Sheshai and Funasa pass the blame for the deaths and lack of assistance in Campinápolis, upstate   Only the first four months of this year, 35 children of the Xavante people died of malnutrition and infectious and respiratory diseases in Campinápolis, interior of Mato Grosso. This led the state's governor, Silval Barbosa, to...

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