Through an agreement, the Pequeno Príncipe Hospital is enabling consultations with neuropediatricians for children in Vilhena, a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rondônia known as the “Gateway to the Amazon,” located at the entrance to the region called Western Amazon.

Vilhena has about 100,000 inhabitants, with approximately 30,000 children and adolescents aged 0 to 18, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Located about 800 kilometers from the capital, Porto Velho, the city suffers from a shortage of specialized pediatric professionals. Neuropediatrics is one of the areas of need.

Through telemedicine, Pequeno Príncipe is taking its expertise in pediatric neurology to the patients in Rondônia. “With methodology and commitment to excellence, we can provide specialized care to regions lacking such professionals, decentralizing access to quality and effective medicine, which is now concentrated in large urban centers. In this way, we put the concept of a hospital without bricks into practice and contribute to the improvement of pediatric care in Brazil,” emphasizes the physician Rafaela Wagner, coordinator of the Telehealth Service at Pequeno Príncipe.

Learn more details about this subject in the main article of the 2025 February edition of the Pequeno Príncipe News.

In this newsletter edition, you will also check the articles below. Click on the links to read the full length texts.

• Pequeno Príncipe brings children’s health information to the Paraná beach coast. In a joint effort, the Pequeno Príncipe and the Government of the State of Paraná have joined forces to promote awareness, health, and solidarity on the Paraná beach coast this summer through the Verão Maior Paraná initiative. Additionally, the initiative encourages solidarity by promoting the Hospital’s donation channel to beachgoers.
• From patient to researcher: Meet Maria Eduarda Woinarovicz’s story. At birth, she participated in a study that discovered her genetic predisposition to adrenocortical tumor. She overcame the disease in Early Childhood. Now, Maria Eduarda joins the Pelé Pequeno Príncipe Research Institute team to help support hundreds of people with the same predisposition, along with new findings from comparative studies between families.