Health issues
Sanitary living conditions and health care vary greatly from region to region in Brazil. The social gap between the northern and southern areas of the country is quite wide, causing differences between each regions heath status. Specifically in the northeast zone, this is where the worst health conditions in the country take place. The need for more advanced health care in an extremely important issue throughout Brazil. The country does have a public health care system, although the quality of care is lacking and its coverage is not extensive. Services are limited to emergency care and basic immunisations to the 60% of people who use this system. In areas of low population there is a shortage of hospitals, doctors and nurses which is a major problem. Due to the high amounts of poverty in major cities, providing good health care has become a difficult task. The majority of people living in faveals also live in very poor living conditions, drinking dirty water and are malnourished from widespread disease and improper nutrition. These children living in such conditions have six times more chance of dying than children born into middle-class families. The occurrence of more diseases is rising quickly, causing more health concerns in Brazil. The deaths of 40 000 people are due to the rapid spread of AIDS, not only being catched by sexual interactions but poor blood supply during blood transfusions. In the Amazon, physicians visit their villages only every 3 months, leaving these people to fend for themselves in the meantime. When emergencies arise unexpectedly, the lack of medical availability becomes a huge problem.
Isolated house in the Amozon with medical attention only provided every 3 months
It is obvious that Brazil needs to make serious improvements in high rates of poverty and health care throughout the region. Very few programs have been successful for minor alterations of health care and poverty, however for any significant advancements to take place funding is essential. Health care is a major issue today in Brazil.
AGRICULTUral exports and imports
The country's agricultural exports have expanded by 1.8% compared to last year, composing 39% of all exports by Brazil in 2012, according to Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture. Agricultural exports sold for $8.8 billion dollars whilst imports costs $1.5 billion in 2012 alone, continuing a trend of trade balances for this sector.
The soy products led the way at $21.4 billion, then the meat products at $10.6 billion, the ethanol based and sugar products at $7.8 billion, forestry products at $6.billion, and coffee at $4.1 billion. All together the above products made up nearly 80% of total agricultural exports in 2012. The exports that grew the fastest were fibre and textile products at 62.5%, live animals-expect fish at 53.4%, soy products at 20.3% and tobacco products at 16.1%. These growth trends continue to expose that Brazils soy production chain is growing rapidly, resulting in worldwide demand. The largest consumer of Brazilian agricultural exports is China, with 46.1% of Brazil's export market. Thailand, South Korea, Venezuela and Egypt also are represented with the growing markets for Brazilian agricultural exports. These numbers prove that Brazil is continuing to grow through expansion of the agricultural sector, which is driven by high global command.
The soy products led the way at $21.4 billion, then the meat products at $10.6 billion, the ethanol based and sugar products at $7.8 billion, forestry products at $6.billion, and coffee at $4.1 billion. All together the above products made up nearly 80% of total agricultural exports in 2012. The exports that grew the fastest were fibre and textile products at 62.5%, live animals-expect fish at 53.4%, soy products at 20.3% and tobacco products at 16.1%. These growth trends continue to expose that Brazils soy production chain is growing rapidly, resulting in worldwide demand. The largest consumer of Brazilian agricultural exports is China, with 46.1% of Brazil's export market. Thailand, South Korea, Venezuela and Egypt also are represented with the growing markets for Brazilian agricultural exports. These numbers prove that Brazil is continuing to grow through expansion of the agricultural sector, which is driven by high global command.