| Revista: | Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz |
| Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
| Número de sistema: | 000446426 |
| ISSN: | 0074-0276 |
| Autores: | Galvão Castro, Bernardo1 Grassi, Maria Fernanda Rios1 Castilho, Euclides Ayres de2 Greco, Dirceu Bartolomeu3 |
| Instituciones: | 1Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saude Publica, Salvador, Bahia. Brasil 2Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Sao Paulo. Brasil 3Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Medicina, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Brasil |
| Año: | 2021 |
| Volumen: | 116 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| Resumen en inglés | In the space of four decades, Brazil has faced two serious pandemics: human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) and Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The country’s response to HIV/AIDS was coordinated by several stakeholders and recognised the importance of scientific evidence in guiding decision-making, and a network offering monitoring and antiretroviral treatment was provided through coordinated efforts by the country’s universal health system. Conversely, the lack of a centrally coordinated strategy and misalignment between government ministries regarding the COVID-19 pandemic response, together with the denial of scientific evidence, promotion of ineffective treatments and insufficient vaccination efforts, have all led to the uncontrolled spread of infection, the near-total collapse of the health system and excess deaths |
| Disciplinas: | Medicina |
| Palabras clave: | Salud pública, Pandemia, Atención a la salud, Políticas de salud, VIH, COVID-19, Brasil |
| Keyword: | Public health, Pandemia, Health care, Health policies, HIV, COVID-19, Brazil |
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