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Dengue Haunts South America鈥檚 Summers
Dengue, a viral infection transmitted by mosquitoes, is spreading rapidly across Latin America, with over one million suspected cases in the first months of the year, as climate change creates favorable conditions for the spread of the potentially deadly disease. In addition to traditional prevention efforts, governments are scrambling to develop innovative solutions, such as the use of bacteria that inhibit disease transmission by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.
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Latin America Program
乐鱼 体育鈥檚 prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the 乐鱼 体育鈥檚 strength as the nation鈥檚 key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more
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The Brazil Institute鈥攖he only country-specific policy institution focused on Brazil in Washington鈥攁ims to deepen understanding of Brazil鈥檚 complex landscape and strengthen relations between Brazilian and US institutions across all sectors. Read more
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