BBCNEWS BBC World News June 4, 2024 04:16:00
The yanomami live deep in this pristine forest. hunter—gatherers, they're among the most isolated tribes in south america. but their land is becoming coveted and their lives disrupted. this indigenous health centre has become a field hospital on the front line of illegal mining. malnutrition is growing as miners destroy the land around them. old and young — nobody escapes this scourge. outside, a makeshift ward is full of patients with malaria — yet another illness brought in by outsiders and making the yanomami sick. "they come so close to our community, the diseases don't "stop," malar...