Guia Covid-19

Public policies

Information technology

Brazil’s electronic voting machine comes of age

Going digital brought agility and stability to a process that has been marked by fraud and distrust in the past

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Development

Innovation enablers

Limited public and private investment in strategic and potentially disruptive technologies threatens competitiveness in Brazilian industry

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Institute renowned for its pioneering spirit

Over the course of its history, INPE has become known for its important contributions to various scientific fields

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Political Sciences

The high cost of the Brazilian Legislature

The Brazilian Legislature is the most expensive among the 34 countries analyzed

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Data

Scientific research on coronaviruses: the impact of COVID-19

Scientific research on coronaviruses: the impact of COVID-19

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Mutually reinforcing

Combined with census data, new technologies are expanding the reach of demographic studies

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A country in transformation

Modern census methods can now better capture the reality of Brazilian society

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COVER

A virtuous cycle

Demographic censuses have offered insight into Brazilian society and fueled research in academia

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EDUCATION

Learning at the turn of the century

Research examines enrollment and attendance rates to measure Brazil’s progress in education

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Public policy

Health under construction

Researchers propose a collaborative model to help prevent workplace accidents

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GENDER

COVID-19, a battle fought by women

Network of female researchers looks for solutions to the challenges faced by women during the pandemic and seeks to influence public policy

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Funding

A compass for science

CAPES and CNPq have each played a central role in building the research ecosystem in Brazil

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The American strategy

The United States plans to invest heavily in STI to accelerate its economic recovery and respond to China's threat to its technological leadership

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Science on the ropes

Successive budget cuts have eroded Brazil’s capacity to fund research

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Interview

Linamara Rizzo Battistella: In defense of movement

The physician who helped establish Brazil's policy on the rights of people with disabilities now fights to rehabilitate Covid-19 patients

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COVID-19

Focus on the genome

Brazil is still behind in monitoring Sars-CoV-2 genetics, but an injection of funding for research networks and the acquisition of materials could improve the situation

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COVID-19

Risk of death is higher among the poor in Chile

People under 40 living in poorer municipalities in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile, are 3.1 times more likely to die from complications associated with COVID-19 than those who live in more affluent regions

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Education

More inclusive universities

Access to university education has expanded and is less socially unbalanced in Brazil

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Funding

Direct funding to Africa

In April, African health experts published an open letter in the journal Nature Medicine, addressed to international funders of studies on health problems in Africa

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Careers

Scientific advice

Helping to create new laws and implement public policies represents a professional opportunity for scientists

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Retrospect

Education for democracy

Anísio Teixeira’s work is the basis for the defense of public, free, and secular education in Brazil

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Education at risk

Prolonged school closings and unequal access to distance learning is causing increased student dropouts and learning-acquisition gaps

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Public health

Tuberculosis in prisons

Tuberculosis cases in the Latin American prison population increased by 269% between 2011 and 2017

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Funding

More money for science in the USA

US President Joe Biden presented the country’s 2022 budget in April

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Public administration

Crafting healthcare policy

Since the 1970s, researchers and other actors have worked to integrate government, science, and the economy in the health-industry complex

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Public health

An agenda for forgotten diseases

WHO launches road map to 2030 for preventing and eradicating neglected tropical diseases

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COVID-19

Complex choices

Bioethics committees have become increasingly important in solving dilemmas brought about by the pandemic, but few hospitals have them

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COVID-19

The evolution of a virus

Low vaccination rates and lack of control over SARS-CoV-2 circulation is increasing the likelihood that more transmissible and lethal variants will emerge

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COVID-19

High infant mortality in Sergipe

Despite having enough beds available in intensive care units (ICU) for adults, Sergipe has a 41% shortfall in pediatric beds

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COVID-19

Understand the long-term effects

The US NIH announced a plan to invest US$1.15 billion over the next four years into research on the long-term effects of COVID-19

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