Coronavirus
Brazilian healthcare in the ICU: analysis of federal spending on SUS in the time of COVID-19
The Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS, of the acronym in Portuguese) is considered “one of the largest and most complex public healthcare systems in the world” [i].
Pandemic Sets Back Economic Development in Poorer Countries
A COVID-19 e a Crise Política Brasileira: a Tempestade Imperfeita (Portugues/English)
O MERCADO DE TRABALHO BRASILEIRO EM TEMPOS DE COVID-19: O PAPEL DA ÁREA DE RECURSOS HUMANOS NAS EMPRESAS
No Brasil, o primeiro caso confirmado de COVID-19 foi reportado pelo Ministério de Saúde em fevereiro 26, 2020. Hoje (Maio 21, 2020) o país reporta 310,921 contágios e 20,082 mortes por coronavírus (Worldometers, 2020). Os estados mais afetados são: São Paulo com 65,995 casos, seguido pelo Ceará com 28,112 e Rio de Janeiro com 27,805 (Statista, May 19, 2020). Devido ao rápido incremento de coronavírus, os maiores estados como São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro decretaram quarentena desde a segunda quinzena de março, 2020.
Brazil and COVID-19: A new Minister of Health, Hydroxychloroquine and, Chloroquine
A saúde brasileira na UTI: análise dos gastos federais no SUS em tempos de COVID-19
O Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) é considerado “um dos maiores e mais complexos sistemas de saúde pública do mundo.”(i) Em tese, deveria garantir acesso universal e gratuito à população brasileira desde procedimentos simples aos de alta complexidade.
Keiko Fujimori released from prison in times of Covid-19
In 2018, Keiko Sofia Fujimori Higuchi, also known as Mrs. K, the former Peruvian President’s daughter, was convicted to 36 months of preventive prison due to “serious suspicions” of money laundering in the financing of her presidential electoral campaign back in 2011.
COVID-19: Brazil Update to April 1, 2020
The first case of COVID-19 was registered in Brazil on February 26, 2020, becoming the first in South America. The coronavirus was carried out from a 61 years-old man, returning to Sao Paulo from Italy at the time the epicenter of COVID-19.
COVID-19 as a Class Issue in Latin America
Coronavirus has become a household name in nearly every home across the world, keeping many people inside and fearful of going out in public.