Public services: the Brazilian way
A series on the workers tackling social injustice in Brazil
'My heart jumps when a patient misses a session': the Brazilian students helping prevent suicide
More than 1,500 people at high risk of suicide have been supported by an innovative mental health programme
'Social mothers': the women who helped a Brazilian city halve its child death rate
Sobral had one of Brazil’s highest infant mortality rates, but a groundbreaking health scheme has drastically reduced its number of child deaths
'We wrap services around women': Brazil's innovative domestic violence centre
With violence against women endemic in the country, new initiatives are desperately needed but slow to arrive
'Change thinking, save lives': can Rio's nudge unit halt coronavirus?
Behavioural science is being used to tackle some of Brazil’s biggest challenges, from the pandemic to extreme weather
'People think it's magic': how one of Brazil's poorest cities gets its best school results
The children of Sobral have overcome disadvantage to top 5,000 districts. Now their success is being replicated across the country
'Thank God I said something': the beauticians who spot domestic abuse
A Brazilian scheme is teaching salon workers to help identify at-risk women. And a similar scheme is now being trialled in the UK
'Health workers are too scared to enter': the fight to treat HIV in a São Paulo favela
Young people with HIV in Brazil’s poorest favelas often have no support, but in Boi Malhado, one team is determined to provide vital help
