Keeping Healthy while abroad:
Please see our main page about Health & Safety
An extra note - about safety in Brazil:
When choosing a destination to study abroad, we believe that Brazil is now an excellent choice. With the radical improvement in security in only the past few years, places like Rio de Janeiro are now finally attracting some of the worlds biggest and most important events and the corresponding international tourists.
When the worlds most important event organizers look for a city to host a global event, more and more often they look to Rio or Sao Paulo, Brazil as the cities of choice. They do so knowing that Rio and Sao Paulo are prepared to host major international events in a safe and organized manner.
Sao Paulo receives more than 90 thousand organized conferences per year, and Rio de Janeiro is the most-visited city in the Southern Hemisphere.
Some of the major events include:
Some safety-related facts to keep in mind about Brazil:
When the worlds most important event organizers look for a city to host a global event, more and more often they look to Rio or Sao Paulo, Brazil as the cities of choice. They do so knowing that Rio and Sao Paulo are prepared to host major international events in a safe and organized manner.
Sao Paulo receives more than 90 thousand organized conferences per year, and Rio de Janeiro is the most-visited city in the Southern Hemisphere.
Some of the major events include:
- The Olympics (2016) - Rio
- The World Cup (2014) - Rio, Sao Paulo + others
- Confederations Cup (2013) - Rio, Sao Paulo +
- Global Entrepreneurship Congress (2013) - Rio
- World Youth Day - the Pope (2013) - Rio
- Rio +20 United Nations Conference (2013) - Rio
- Pan American Games Rio (2007) - Rio
Some safety-related facts to keep in mind about Brazil:
- Brazil has no recent history of earthquakes, tsunamis or hurricanes
- Brazil has no recent history of terrorism (domestic, international, separatist)
