A study by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), reveals that the main reasons behind vaccine hesitancy were fear of adverse effects and alleged long-term effects.
The three most common types of cancer among children and young people are leukemia, tumors in the central nervous system, and lymphomas.
Sarah de Aguiar was 13 years old when she started to cut herself. She would have continued to inflict injuries on herself had she not been interrupted by her mother, Weslayne de Aguiar. After promising never to do it again, Sarah asked for help in her school.
Brazil has increased the percentage of children and adolescents in school, but is yet to include at least 1.95 million people aged 4–17.
In 2016, of a total 40.1 million children and adolescents aged 5 through 17, 1.8 million were active in the labor market. The level of employment in this portion of the population reached 4.6%—a group chiefly formed by 14 to 17-year-olds.
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