From the first half of 2023 to 2025, deaths from malaria fell by 70%, those from malnutrition, 70.6%, and those from respiratory infections, 40.8%
Since January 2023, when public health was carried out in the Yanomami indigenous territory, in Roraima, mortality in the region has fallen by 27.6%. The emergency, of national importance, aimed to combat lack of health care.
Data released on Wednesday (November 12, 2025) shows that, from the 1st half of 2023 to 2025, deaths from malaria fell by 70%; those due to malnutrition, 70.6%; and those due to respiratory infections, 40.8%. Here is the report with the data (PDF – 605 KB).
For the department, the results reflect the increase in the number of health professionals, the strengthening of the teams’ local response capacity and the expansion of vaccination and nutritional monitoring actions in the region.
Professionals and services
Ministry figures indicate that the Yanomami territory currently has 1,855 health professionals – an increase of 169% compared to the beginning of 2023, when the contingent totaled 690.
Services to the population increased from 441 thousand in the first half of 2023 to more than 470 thousand in the same period of 2025, considering the teams that work directly in the territory and also at Casai (Indigenous Health House), in Boa Vista.
Medical care went from 8,341 in the 1st half of 2023 to 19,184 in the 1st half of 2025.
While the territory had 6 doctors in the 1st half of 2023, the number reached 63 in the 1st half of 2025.
Urgency and emergency
The data also shows a 25% reduction in urgent and emergency removals in Yanomami territory from the 1st half of 2024 (1,817 cases) to 2025 (1,364 cases), accompanied by an increase in elective removals, which rose from 231 to 447 in the same period.
“This result reflects greater local response capacity of health teams, reducing the need for immediate travel to reference hospitals and indicates strengthening of primary care, better organization of care flows and greater resolution of cases in the territory, with a positive impact on the continuity of care”highlighted the ministry.
The growth in elective removals, according to the ministry, demonstrates an improvement in care planning, enabling movements to take place in a scheduled manner, with less risk and more logistical efficiency.
Malaria
Deaths from malaria decreased from 10 (January to June 2023) to 3 in the same period in 2025 – a 70% drop. From 2023 to 2024, the lethality of the disease (proportion of deaths to confirmed cases) decreased by 29.6%, followed by a further drop of 58% from 2024 to 2025.
Testing for malaria in the Yanomami (Special Indigenous Health District) increased from 78,577 in 2023 to 136,803 in 2024 (an increase of 74.1%) and to 160,085 in 2025 (an increase of 17%), an accumulated increase of 103.7% compared to 2023.
Nutrition
The data also reveals that the number of children monitored by nutritional surveillance increased from 67% to 81.7% from the 1st half of 2023 to the 1st half of 2025. Currently, according to the ministry, 49.7% of children under 5 years of age are of adequate weight, compared to 47% in 2023.
From 2024 to 2025, the percentage of Yanomami children classified as very low weight fell from 24.5% to 19.8%.
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