Social inequalities and COVID-19 mortality in the city of São Paulo, Brazil

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Authors

Karina Braga Ribeiro · Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo

Ana Freitas Ribeiro · Universidade Nove de Julho

Maria Amélia de Sousa Mascena Veras · Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo

Márcia C. Castro · Harvard Global Health Institute

Abstract

Our results reveal striking social inequalities in COVID-19 mortality in São Paulo, exposing structural inequities in Brazilian society that were not addressed by the governmental response to COVID-19. Without an equitable response, COVID-19 will further exacerbate current social inequalities in São Paulo.

Topics & Keywords

COVID-19 and healthcare impacts COVID-19 epidemiological studies Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: International Journal of Epidemiology

Volume 50, Issue 3, pp. 732-742

DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyab022

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