São Paulo Health, Fitness & Beauty

Information on how to proceed if you need to report the death of a family member in Sao Paulo. Also information on the repatriation of remains for a burial or cremation outside Brazil.

Emergency services: the numbers to call for Fire, Police and Ambulance in Sao Paulo. Also drug help, poisons and emergency doctors and hospitals.

The administrative details you need to know if you are giving birth in Sao Paulo. Who to contact and what to expect from the Brazilian system: maternity leave, prenatal care, choosing a hospital or clinic, vaccinations and registering the birth.

Information on the Brazilian health system, including hospitals, clinics and health insurance, as well as details on who benefits, and where and how to find a hospital, doctor or pharmacy.

Needing a doctor? Got an ache? Here is a comprehensive list of English medical terms and descriptions, and the Portuguese translation for everything from parts of the body to common sicknesses, aches and ailments to help you communicate a medical problem

Brazil is a world centre for medical tourism. Find out about the centres and hospitals qualified to perform medical procedures in Sao Paulo, including cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, ophthalmology, cancer treatment, orthopaedics, dentistry and more.

Overview of where to go and what to do if you are mobility, sight or hearing impaired - a wheelchair or cane user - and living in or visiting Brazil. Information on the Sao Paulo organisations and facilities.

Information on the Brazilian social welfare system, with details on who benefits, where and how to register with the authorities and what contributions and benefits to expect.

Contact information for English-speaking support groups and meetings for 12-step programmes including AA (Alcoholics Anonymous), drug aid, cancer support meetings, AIDS support and more.

Information on the abortion laws in Brazil.