Mongabay iconMongabaySep 8, 2026

A health crisis for Peru’s recently contacted people brings planetary health to the fore

Mongabay staff writer Aimee Gabay joins the Newscast this week to discuss her reporting trip to the Peruvian Amazon, where she spoke with the Indigenous Matsés community. She made the trip initially to examine environmental threats to Matsés territory. Instead, she found them suffering from an epidemic of malaria and h

A health crisis for Peru’s recently contacted people brings planetary health to the fore

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