Sobral had one of Brazil’s highest infant mortality rates, but a groundbreaking health scheme has halved its number of child deaths
Rita de Cássia, 46, chokes on her words and tears stream down her face as she recounts her time working with a new mother who was a frequent drug user.
She remembers when she first walked into the mother’s apartment she shared with her partner – also a drug user – and seeing it covered in mud. There was no toilet, and no sink; they had been sold to buy drugs. The other children in the family were asking for food but there was nothing to give them.
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