Healthcare access in Brazil can look very different depending on where you live. Rural areas often experience limited access to specialized care, higher infant mortality and challenges in accessing primary care. Urban areas, on the other hand, tend to have better infrastructure and resource allocation, leading to higher levels of healthcare service utilization. The urban-rural health disparities are extreme and are influenced by a number of factors, including sociodemographics, infrasctructure and dispartities of resource access within the healthcare system. These disparities are evident through the statistical differences that, in almost every case, prove rural areas to be worse off than their urban counterparts in terms of access to and treatment through Brazil's healthcare system.
How is Climate Change Affecting the Climate in Brazil
Brazil's climate is changing in response to climate change. Brazil has seen more frequent and more extreme weather events during both its wet and dry seasons. Temperatures are climbing during the dry season, with longer and more severe periods of drought. This causes a variety of problems, as communities are left without access to water, agriculture that relies on rainwater dies out and hydroelectrical systems are unable to properly function, to mention a few of many issues. During the wet season, more intense and more frequent rainstorms are causing rising seawaters and are damaging infrastructure that isn't built to sustain such attacks. Rising sea levels and coastal erosion are impacting roughly 35% of the coastline.
