Social distance has been used by most state and local governments in Brazil as the main strategy for reducing the transmission speed of the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which causes COVID-19. However, social isolation has several negative repercussi...
We investigated the predictors of delay in the diagnosis and mortality of patients with COVID-19 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A cohort of 3,656 patients were evaluated (Feb-Apr 2020) and patients’ sociodemographic characteristics,and social developme...
Abstract There is credible evidence that the 1984–Bhopal–methyl isocyanate (MIC)–gas–exposed long-term survivors and their offspring born post-exposure are susceptible to infectious/communicable and non-communicable diseases. Bhopal’s COVI...
Esta ora aborda sore a atuação fisioterapêutica na Atenção Primária a Saúde, trazendo de forma didática e prática as principais formas de atuação do fisioterapeuta neste nível de atenção. Além disto, por destacar pontos importantes par...
We aimed to investigate how lethal police violence (LPV) in the City of Sao Paulo (CSP), Brazil, is associated with socioeconomic development when we consider the victims’ place of residence and the locations of the fatal injuries. The spatial di...
Coronavirus disease 2019 made us question daily practices, such as the simple handshake. It also raised some ethical and legal issues. Are the ethical principles, that should guide the provision of individualized care, being fulfilled? Will we, as he...
The article discusses how the Bolsa Família Program(PBF) is mobilized and gains different meanings in the practices and discourses of beneficiaries in a favela in Rio de Janeiro.The empirical material comesfieldwork research in the Favela do Tripé(...
This case studyaimed to characterize the organization of the Specialized Component of Pharmaceutical Services (CEAF) in 4 Brazilian statesdiverse country regions. Data collection was carried out with representatives of CEAF managementstates in differ...
