Effect of socioeconomic inequalities and vulnerabilities on health-system preparedness and response to COVID-19 in Brazil: a comprehensive analysis

Summary: Background: COVID-19 spread rapidly in Brazil despite the country's well established health and social protection systems. Understanding the relationships between health-system preparedness, responses to COVID-19, and the pattern of spread of the epidemic is particularly important in...

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Main Authors: Rudi Rocha, PhD, Rifat Atun, ProfFRCP, Adriano Massuda, PhD, Beatriz Rache, MSc, Paula Spinola, MSc, Letícia Nunes, PhD, Miguel Lago, MSc, Marcia C Castro, ProfPhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X21000814