Amazon indigenous groups feel deserted by Brazil’s public health service

Mongabay
Aug 5, 2019, 4:36 pm236 pts
A deadly Amazon bushmaster (Lachesis muta) showing its fangs. Poisonous snakes present one of the greatest health hazards in the Brazilian Amazon, and yet some remote indigenous health centers lack the doctors and antivenom needed to treat snakebite. Image by Dick Culbert licensed under the Creative Commons…

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