COVID-19 Response in Latin America.

Autor: Garcia PJ; Alianza Latinoamericana de Salud Global (ALASAG), Latin American Alliance for Global Health.; School of Public Health, Cayetano Heredia University, Lima, Peru., Alarcón A; School of Public Health 'Dr. Salvador Allende G.', Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.; Alianza Latinoamericana de Salud Global (ALASAG), Latin American Alliance for Global Health., Bayer A; School of Public Health, Cayetano Heredia University, Lima, Peru., Buss P; The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.; Alianza Latinoamericana de Salud Global (ALASAG), Latin American Alliance for Global Health., Guerra G; Global Health Program, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico.; Alianza Latinoamericana de Salud Global (ALASAG), Latin American Alliance for Global Health., Ribeiro H; School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.; Alianza Latinoamericana de Salud Global (ALASAG), Latin American Alliance for Global Health., Rojas K; School of Public Health, Costa Rica University, San Pedro, Costa Rica.; Alianza Latinoamericana de Salud Global (ALASAG), Latin American Alliance for Global Health., Saenz R; School of Public Health, Costa Rica University, San Pedro, Costa Rica.; Alianza Latinoamericana de Salud Global (ALASAG), Latin American Alliance for Global Health., Salgado de Snyder N; Global Health Program, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico.; Alianza Latinoamericana de Salud Global (ALASAG), Latin American Alliance for Global Health., Solimano G; School of Public Health 'Dr. Salvador Allende G.', Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.; Alianza Latinoamericana de Salud Global (ALASAG), Latin American Alliance for Global Health., Torres R; SALUD University, Buenos Aires, Argentina.; Alianza Latinoamericana de Salud Global (ALASAG), Latin American Alliance for Global Health., Tobar S; Fiocruz Center of Global Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.; Alianza Latinoamericana de Salud Global (ALASAG), Latin American Alliance for Global Health., Tuesca R; Department of Public Health, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia.; Alianza Latinoamericana de Salud Global (ALASAG), Latin American Alliance for Global Health., Vargas G; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts.; Alianza Latinoamericana de Salud Global (ALASAG), Latin American Alliance for Global Health., Atun R; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene [Am J Trop Med Hyg] 2020 Nov; Vol. 103 (5), pp. 1765-1772.
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0765
Abstrakt: Effective management of a pandemic due to a respiratory virus requires public health capacity for a coordinated response for mandatory restrictions, large-scale testing to identify infected individuals, capacity to isolate infected cases and track and test contacts, and health services for those infected who require hospitalization. Because of contextual and socioeconomic factors, it has been hard for Latin America to confront this epidemic. In this article, we discuss the context and the initial responses of eight selected Latin American countries, including similarities and differences in public health, economic, and fiscal measures, and provide reflections on what worked and what did not work and what to expect moving forward.
Databáze: MEDLINE