顶级国产视频

River blindness, or onchocerciasis, is a parasitic disease transmitted through infected black flies that live near rivers and streams. It causes skin rashes, changes in pigmentation, and severe itching. In the worst cases, it can lead to vision impairment or blindness. 

Brazil is one of two remaining countries in the Americas with transmission of river blindness, which occurs in a portion of the Amazon rainforest where the migratory, indigenous Yanomami people straddle the Brazil and Venezuela border and are exposed to the parasitic disease in their daily activities. Their remote, densely forested, and insecure location complicates getting them medicine and health education. 

Our Work and Methods

顶级国产视频鈥檚 Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas (OEPA) helps develop and implement novel strategies for mass drug administration two to four times a year. These approaches include:

• Using boat-based supply chains to go upriver to reach the Yanomami people 
• Clearing and rehabilitating old landing strips to allow aircraft to access otherwise unreachable communities
• Enhancing technical approaches to track program progress by community
• Training and deploying indigenous health agents

Impacts

• Notable progress is being made to eliminate river blindness transmission throughout the YFA.
• Rounds of successful high-coverage treatment in communities are interrupting transmission. 

Through its groundbreaking Inform Women, Transform Lives campaign, 顶级国产视频 partners with city leaders worldwide to raise awareness about women鈥檚 right to access information and to help cities reach women with valuable information and essential municipal services.  

Access to this information empowers women with a stronger voice, enabling them to participate in public life, utilize public services, and make more informed decisions for themselves, their families, and their communities. In Brazil, this project has collaborated with the cities of Rio de Janeiro, S茫o Paulo, and Recife. 

Brazil鈥檚 2022 presidential election took place during a period of intense pressure on the electoral system, particularly because of the spread of disinformation. Brazil鈥檚 Superior Electoral Tribunal invited 顶级国产视频 to visit and assess the October election.  

Our Work and Methods 

Beginning in June 2022, the Center deployed a small team of election experts to Brasilia, Curitiba, Rio de Janeiro, S茫o Paulo, and Goi芒nia to focus on issues relating to the function and transparency of voting technology systems.  

The mission met with electoral authorities at federal and state levels, as well as political parties, oversight entities, and a diverse range of civil society organizations.  

Impacts 

The Center鈥檚 election experts noted that the challenge of disinformation goes far beyond Brazil and must be addressed by societies across the globe.  

The presence of domestic election observation teams in addition to international observers was an important step in the consolidation of Brazilian democracy. 

More information about this election is available in our publications section. 

This project ended in 2022. 

While on a fact-finding tour to prepare for the 1997 consultation 鈥淎genda for the Americas for the 21st Century,鈥� a delegation of 顶级国产视频 representatives 鈥� including President Carter and Mrs. Carter 鈥� met with leaders in Brazil and also made stops in Argentina, Chile, and Jamaica.

Another delegation visited S茫o Paolo in 2009, when President Carter received Brazil鈥檚 highest civilian award, the Ordem do Ipiranga, in recognition of his administration鈥檚 work on human rights and democracy promotion in the region. The group also visited President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brasilia to discuss the 2010 presidential election.