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March 10, 2021
Public Health in Brazil
Rafael Pérez-Escamilla addresses the Brazilian Senate on household food insecurity and the Sustainable Development goals, Brasilia, 2016
Photo by Rafael Pérez-Escamilla
Yale School of Public Health Professor Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, Ph.D., has worked around the world during a long and productive career to create better health and nutrition outcomes, with a focus on promoting breastfeeding, household food security, and combatting malnutrition, including obesity. He has spent a significant amount of time over the past 30 years in South America’s largest country, Brazil, where he has worked with colleagues to improve health outcomes and also help to train a cadre of health professionals. His work has taken him throughout Brazil and lead to many collaborations and partnerships that thrive to this day. His work in Brazil has touched many, and prompted the legendary Pelé to give him a signed soccer ball. ....

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