Artigos

BackgroundThere is limited data on adult opinions toward school-based vaccination programs, which can supplement clinic-based strategies in the Brazilian public health system. Since 2016, vaccination rates among Brazilian children and…

ResumoEste ensaio discute a necessidade, e possibilidades, de transitar da orientação conceitual da prevenção combinada para a concepção de “prevenção integral”, com base em experiências de pesquisa-intervenção em promoção e…

Civilian gun violence claims an estimated 600 lives every day around the world, with countless more suffering debilitating injuries that greatly reduce their quality of life. Although homicides make up…

AbstractThis study examined the spatial distribution and social inequalities in COVID-19 vaccine coverage among children aged 5-11 in Brazil. First and second dose vaccine coverage was calculated for all Brazilian…

Abstract: We aimed to characterise vaccine-induced protection against COVID-19 during five waves caused by Variants of Concern (VOCs). This is a nested case-control study of 3,972 HCW primarily vaccinated with…

PurposeGovernments faced formidable challenges in coordinating public health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to enhance the understanding of effective organizational leadership during crises by investigating the factors…

IntroductionArgentina authorized COVID-19 vaccination for adolescents 12 years and older in August 2021, and then for children three years and older in October 2021. Children aged 6 months–2 years received…

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted global research efforts to reduce infection impact, highlighting the potential of cross-disciplinary collaboration to enhance research quality and efficiency. Methods: At the FMUSP-HC academic…

Abstract This study aims to assess the progress of geographic, socioeconomic, and demographic disparities in Covid-19 vaccination coverage in Brazil over the first two years of the vaccination campaign. Data…

ABSTRACT Social media platforms are crucial for understanding public opinion about policy issues. In this regard, detecting stance in Twitter posts is a vital tool. In this study, we built…

Abstract A national laboratory-based surveillance system was adapted to monitor the situation of SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil. The objective of the study was to compare the challenges in implementing COVID-19 surveillance…

Abstract Vaccination is crucial for reducing severe COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. However, vaccine access disparities within countries, particularly in low- and middle-income nations, may leave disadvantaged regions and populations…

Abstract Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) entered Brazil before travel restrictions and border closures were imposed. This study reports the characteristics of suspected and confirmed coronavirus disease…

IntroductionAt the time of writing, there have been 51,519 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the Americas, andhealth practitioners worry about the continent’s preparedness to prevent a more extensive and persistent…

Abstract Despite notable scientific and medical advances, broader political, socioeconomic and behavioural factors continue to undercut the response to the COVID-19 pandemic1,2. Here we convened, as part of this Delphi…

Abstract Several recent studies have investigated if support for Jair Bolsonaro in the presidential election of 2018 is positively associated with COVID-19 infections and deaths in Brazil. In these studies,…

Abstract The relationship between peace and health is complex, multifactorial and fraught with challenges of definitions, measurements and outcomes. This exploratory commentary on this nexus within a focus on the…

Abstract By the peak of COVID-19 restrictions on April 8, 2020, up to 1.5 billion students across 188 countries were affected by the suspension of physical attendance in schools. Schools…

Abstract Background: Surveillance efforts are essential to pandemic control, especially where the state is the primary health provider, such as Brazil. When public health testing guidelines limit molecular tests, there…

On July 13, 2022, the Brazilian federal health regulatory agency (Anvisa) granted emergency use of CoronaVac (Sinovac Biotech) to protect children between the ages 3 and 5 from SARS-CoV-2 based…

O livro “Políticas Públicas e Covid-19: a experiência brasileira” trata de vários fatoresmencionados acima, reunindo docentes e estudantes do curso de gestão de políticaspúblicas, bem como pesquisadores de outras universidades…

The drive to make policy more evidence-based has prompted scholars and practitioners to call for removing politics from global health policy making. This stance is neither possible nor is it…

Facing the dynamic and complex scenario of the COVID-19 outbreak, countries worldwide are expanding COVID-19 vaccination programs to include young children. Despite hospitalizations and deaths associated with COVID-19 in pediatric…

ABSTRACT Non-pharmaceutical interventions to increase physical distancing have been instrumental in mitigating the spread of COVID-19. Governments have enacted stringent public health policies that impose limits on mobility outside the…

In the absence of a nationally coordinated strategy to control and mitigate the spread of SARS-CoV-2, Brazilian state and municipal governments adopted non-pharmaceutical interventions to reduce the spread of COVID-19…

Desde o início da pandemia de covid-19, houve grande interesse acerca do papel intermediário exercido pela política e da maneira pela qual ela afeta decisões governamentais e individuais sobre o…

Abstract Objective To test for multicausality between government policy, health outcomes, economic performance, and citizen behavior during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Methods We perform Granger-causality tests to explore the interrelationship…

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 SARS-CoV-2. Families…

Unmitigated spread in Brazil Despite an extensive network of primary care availability, Brazil has suffered profoundly during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. Using daily data from…

Global Public Health, Volume 16, 2021 – Issue 8-9 Youths living in crowded impoverished urban areas face higher risk of infection by SARS-CoV-2. This article presents lessons learned from a…

No caso brasileiro, os governos subnacionais exerceram um papel particularmente importante na implementação de medidas não farmacológicas para contenção do alastramento do COVID-19. Baseando-se na metodologia do Oxford COVID-19 Government Response…

O fechamento de escolas foi uma das políticas públicas adotadas globalmente para a contenção da pandemia do COVID-19. Mesmo que o fechamento do ensino presencial seja uma política pública comprovadamente…

Introdução A pandemia da Covid-19 teve efeitos desastrosos no mercado de trabalho brasileiro. Somente entre os meses de abril e maio, foram mais de 1 milhão de postos de trabalho…

The social and economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic pushed 83.5% of the labour market in Brazil into a state of vulnerability (Barbosa et al. 2020a; Prates and Barbosa…

Political scientists would presume that during a pandemic, political leaders will seek to use the situation to increase their power and electability. In the case of Brazil, however, President Jair…

Introdução Neste artigo, avaliamos os efeitos da incidência conjunta das quedas do nível de ocupação do Programa Emergencial de Preservação do Emprego e da Renda (Medida Provisória – MP no…

De acordo com os modelos desenvolvidos pelo Imperial College of London, num cenário de medidas moderadas de distanciamento social, o Brasil poderá chegar a ter mais de 500.000 mortes pela…

COVID-19 has prompted a wide range of responses from governments around the world. There is a pressing need for up-to-date policy information as these responses proliferate, and governments weigh decisions…