An official study by Paraguay's Ministry of Health reveals that 24% of the population over 50 suffers from some form of visual impairment, affecting approximately 236,000 people, with cataracts being the leading cause of blindness.
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Experts warn that only 31.3% of Paraguayan infants under six months receive exclusive breastfeeding, one of the lowest rates in the region, during World Breastfeeding Week, which also highlights national efforts to reverse the trend.
Residents of the Buena Vista neighborhood in Caacupé, Paraguay, peacefully protested against the possible installation of a 5G antenna near a school and homes, gathering more than 100 signatures against the project and awaiting a public hearing in July.
Brazil has temporarily suspended the single-dose dengue vaccine developed by the Butantan Institute following two suspected deaths linked to the immunization.
Two men were placed in preventive isolation in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro on suspicion of Ebola after trips to Africa, amid an outbreak in Central Africa caused by the Bundibugyo strain, for which there is no vaccine or specific treatment.
Paraguay has stepped up health surveillance at all points of entry into the country after the World Health Organization declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern over the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and imported cases in Uganda, with no confirmed cases in Paraguay to date.