M Naidoo, W Shephard, I Kambewe, N Mtshali, S Cope… - BMC medicine, 2024 - Springer
Background Highlighted by the rise of COVID-19, climate change, and conflict, socially vulnerable populations are least resilient to disaster. In infectious disease management …
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Gamma variant of concern has spread rapidly across Brazil since late 2020, causing substantial infection and …
S Folland, AC Goodman, M Stano, S Danagoulian - 2024 - taylorfrancis.com
The Economics of Health and Health Care is the market-leading health economics textbook, providing comprehensive coverage of all the key topics, and balancing economic theory …
RHM Pereira, CKV Braga, LM Servo, B Serra… - Social Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
The rapid spread of COVID-19 across the world has raised concerns about the responsiveness of cities and healthcare systems during pandemics. Recent studies try to …
Background Sociodemographic and environmental factors are associated with incidence, severity, and mortality of COVID-19. However, little is known about the role of such factors in …
To the Editor—After more than 14 months under siege, Brazilians continue to suffer as they see thousands of people dying every day, killed by the fast-moving respiratory pathogen …
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated health disparities in vulnerable groups (eg, increased infection, hospitalization, and mortality rates in people with lower …
Background: The COVID-19 situation in Brazil is complex due to large differences in the shape and size of regional epidemics. Understanding these patterns is crucial to understand …
This study aimed to estimate the number of excess deaths among Indigenous Peoples associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and to assess the disparities in excess …