Results Brazil’s national NPI response was the least stringent among countries analysed. In the absence of a unified federal response to the pandemic, Brazilian state policy implementation was neither homogenous nor synchronised. The median NPI was no stay-at-home order, a recommendation to wear masks in public space but not a requirement, a full school closure and partial restrictions on businesses, public transportation, intrastate travel, interstate travel and international travel. These restrictions were implemented 45 days after the first case in each state, on average. Rondônia implemented the earliest and most rigorous policies, with school closures, business closures, information campaigns and restrictions on movement 24 days after the first case; Mato Grosso do Sul had the fewest, least stringent restrictions on movement, business operations and no mask recommendation.

Published online June, 2021. BMJ Global Health

Background

Mexican state governments’ actions are essential to control the COVID-19 pandemic within the country. However, the type, rigor and pace of implementation of public policies have varied considerably between states. Little is known about the subnational (state) variation policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.

Published online June 1, 2021.

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0251722

Mexico has the largest percentage of women with coronavirus that the nation from which the infection supposedly originated and is the third country with the largest record of defects in the American continent, only after the United States and Brazil, experts informed, who spoke about the measures of answers the pandemic.

During the webinar “National and subnational public policy responses in the pharmacological field for the 19-covid containment in Latin America” it was described and compared to the containment policies that have had countries like Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Argentina off the health emergency.

Los estudios del Observatorio realizados hasta la fecha muestran la importancia de analizar las INF subnacionales en lugar de simplemente tomar una medida agregada o asumir que las políticas nacionales se implementan de manera uniforme. Los patrones de respuesta subnacionales pueden ser medidas locales adaptadas o un indicio de una planificación nacional ineficaz y falta de coordinación.

Bolivia is one of the poorest countries in Latin America with a gross domestic product of around US$3500 per capita, health spending of approximately $220 per capita, a labour market dominated by informal work, and a weak health system. However, in the response to COVID-19, Bolivia has fared better than other health systems in the region and provides insight with regard to the implementation of subnational non-pharmaceutical interventions and supporting workers without social protection.

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