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The COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: a crisis between science and governance
Vilaça Mendes, Eugênio; Aparecida Alves, Juliane; Campos Avendanho, Fernando; Frutuoso Silva, Jurandi; Passos Cupertino de Barros, FernandoThis essay critically addresses the challenges faced in the relationship between Science and healthcare governance in Bra- zil, particularly due to specific issues that have hindered this relationship during the COVID-19 pandemic. During this period, the actions of the federal government’s high-level officials conflicted with healthcare managers from states and municipalities, the scientific community, and the ...
Challenges, responses and results in vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 and the pri...
Campos Avendanho, Fernando; Cupertino de Barros, Fernando P.; Mansano, Nereu Henrique; Tolêdo Lopes, Luciana; Aparecida Alves, JulianeThe present essay addresses the vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil, the political-administrative, logistical and ope- rational challenges for its operationalization, with special attention to how this process took place among health workers, as well as the results and responses to action. To this end, the authors used official data available on the websites of the Ministry of Health and also relied on oth...