Brazil's government has declared a public health emergency for the Yanomami people in the Amazon who are suffering from malnutrition and diseases such as malaria as a consequence of illegal mining. The decree, signed by Health Minister Nisia Trindade late Friday, has no expiration date and allows for hiring extra personnel.
Indigenous leader Nando Potiguara speaks in front of a poster that says in Portuguese 'Where are the Yanomami?' during a protest against miners working on Yanomami Indigenous land, outside the National Indigenous Foundation in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, May 6, 2022. Brazil's government has declared a public health emergency for the Yanomami people in the Amazon who are suffering from malnutrition and diseases such as malaria as a consequence of illegal mining.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva also created a multiministerial committee, to be coordinated by his chief of staff, for an initial period of 90 days. He is traveling to Roraima state's capital, Boa Vista, where many ill Yanomami have been admitted to specialized hospitals. In recent years, specialists had sounded the alarm about humanitarian and sanitary crisis taking shape. The report "Yanomami Under Attack," written by the nonprofit Socio-Environmental Institute, points out that in 2021 the region was responsible for 50% of the malaria cases in the country. The same report said that more than 3,000 children were malnourished.
Earlier this week, the Health Ministry had already designated a team for a special health mission in the Yanomami region. Lula scheduled an emergency trip to Roraima state following a report by independent local news website Sumauma, featuring shocking pictures of malnourished children.
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