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Detailed explanation-1: -Which country has declared a medical emergency after malnutrition and other diseases brought by gold mining? Notes: Brazil’s Ministry of health declared a medical emergency in the Yanomami territory, following reports of children dying of malnutrition and other diseases brought by gold mining.

Detailed explanation-2: -Recent News. Yanomami, also spelled Yanomamö or Yanoamö, South American Indians, speakers of a Xirianá language, who live in the remote forest of the Orinoco River basin in southern Venezuela and the northernmost reaches of the Amazon River basin in northern Brazil.

Detailed explanation-3: -Yanomami territory, which spans the Brazilian states of Roraima and Amazonas, is supposed to be a protected reservation where mining is illegal. But miners have flooded the area over the last several years as gold prices boomed, stripping the natural environment and in some cases driving away vital health workers.

Detailed explanation-4: -An explosion in cases of malaria and malnutrition, due to the lack of access to food and traditional ways of production in the Yanomami land has been a serious threat to the lives of the Indigenous People, especially children. 11, 530 confirmed cases of malaria were recorded in 2022 alone.