World Health Organization

{
  "unit": "deaths per 1,000 live births",
  "region": "Americas",
  "country": "Brazil",
  "indicator": "Infant mortality rate (probability of dying between birth and age 1 per 1000 live births)",
  "male_value": 13.608203825,
  "latest_year": 2024,
  "source_link": "https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/MDG_0000000001?%24filter=SpatialDim+eq+%27BRA%27&%24orderby=TimeDim+desc",
  "female_value": 10.841855023,
  "region_value": 10.911642148,
  "both_sexes_value": 12.260427311,
  "historical_values": [
    {
      "year": 2024,
      "value": 12.260427311
    },
    {
      "year": 2023,
      "value": 12.430646999
    },
    {
      "year": 2022,
      "value": 12.568670991
    }
  ],
  "who_indicator_code": "MDG_0000000001"
}

{
  "title": "Mental health",
  "overview": "Mental health is a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realize their abilities, learn and work well, and contribute to their community. It has intrinsic a…",
  "sections": [
    {
      "text": "The risks and protective factors that influence mental health operate at multiple levels.\n\nIndividual factors such as emotional skills, substance use and genetics can increase vulnerability to mental …",
      "heading": "Risks and protective factors"
    },
    {
      "text": "Promotion and prevention efforts aim to improve mental health by addressing individual, social and structural determinants of mental health. Interventions can be designed for individuals, specific gro…",
      "heading": "Mental health promotion and prevention"
    },
    {
      "text": "National efforts to strengthen mental health must focus not only on promoting mental well-being for all, but also on addressing the needs of people with mental health conditions.\n\nThis is best achieve…",
      "heading": "Mental health care and treatment"
    }
  ],
  "key_facts": [
    "Globally, more than a billion people live with a mental health condition.",
    "Affordable, effective and feasible strategies exist to promote, protect and restore mental health.",
    "The need for action on mental health is indisputable and urgent."
  ],
  "page_link": "https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mental-health-strengthening-our-response",
  "date_updated": "2026-09-11"
}

{
  "reports": [
    {
      "title": "Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus - Democratic Republic of the Congo",
      "disease": "Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus",
      "summary": "Since the last Disease Outbreak News was published on 11 September 2026, the Bundibugyo virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has expanded further, with two additional health zones af…",
      "countries": [
        "Democratic Republic of the Congo"
      ],
      "report_link": "https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON618",
      "published_date": "2026-09-25",
      "who_risk_assessment_summary": "On 14 August 2026, WHO reassessed the risk of the outbreak of BVD, incorporating newly available information on the evolving situation. The risk for countries sharing land borders with the Democratic …"
    },
    {
      "title": "Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus - Democratic Republic of the Congo",
      "disease": "Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus",
      "summary": "Since the last Disease Outbreak News was published on 28 August 2026, the Bundibugyo virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has expanded to one additional health zone, Kayna, in North …",
      "countries": [
        "Democratic Republic of the Congo"
      ],
      "report_link": "https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON617",
      "published_date": "2026-09-10",
      "who_risk_assessment_summary": "On 14 August 2026, WHO reassessed the risk of the outbreak of BVD, incorporating newly available information on the evolving situation. The risk for countries sharing land borders with the Democratic …"
    }
  ]
}