Public policies
Public policy
Health under construction
Researchers propose a collaborative model to help prevent workplace accidents
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
By Redação
Education
More inclusive universities
Access to university education has expanded and is less socially unbalanced in Brazil
By Redação
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
By Redação
Public health
Tuberculosis in prisons
Tuberculosis cases in the Latin American prison population increased by 269% between 2011 and 2017
By Redação
Funding
More money for science in the USA
US President Joe Biden presented the country’s 2022 budget in April
By Redação
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
By Diego Viana
Public health
An agenda for forgotten diseases
WHO launches road map to 2030 for preventing and eradicating neglected tropical diseases
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
By Redação
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
By Redação
Funding
More funding for science in the UK
The British government has announced plans to create a new funding agency in the country, known as the Advanced Research and Invention Agency
By Redação
Covid-19
Poor performance
Brazil's response to the pandemic was considered the worst in the world by a survey released in January by the Lowy Institute, Australia
By Redação
Coronavirus
Declining infections and hospitalizations
Israel is already benefitting from the effects of vaccination against COVID-19
By Redação
Covid-19
Concerning virus variations
In early 2021, information emerged on the rapid spread of new variants of SARS-CoV-2
By Redação