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.

Read more: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(21)00001-2/fulltext

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Latin America continues to be the global epicenter for COVID-19. Peru ranks 42nd in global population and 7th in COVID-19-related mortality, while Argentina ranks 31st in global population and 14th in COVID-19-related mortality.

Join our public health experts Dr. Felicia M. Knaul, Dr. Adolfo Rubinstein, and Dr. Patricia J. Garcia as we discuss next week the current situation in Peru and Argentina, outlooks for each country, and the overall regional context.

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As coronavirus deaths in Brazil continue to climb, researchers and university leadership discussed the current COVID-19 containment situation in the country and the region and their findings on the impact of delayed and poorly planned responses and policies during a press conference on Tuesday, June 2, 2020.

Combined with previously released state-level data on Mexico and national-level for the rest of Latin America, these findings provide an important instrument to inform public policy and decision-making in the region. Participants included University of Miami President Julio Frenk, former minister of health of Mexico; Felicia Marie Knaul, director of the Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas and professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the Miller School of Medicine; Michael Touchton, assistant professor of political science at the University of Miami and the global health associate faculty lead for the Institute; and Professor Cesar Victora, a world-renowned Brazilian epidemiologist and lead of the International Center for Equity in Health at Universidade Federal de Pelotas.

University of Miami Latin America COVID-19 Observatory to launch Brazil and comparative regional data analysis

The platform was developed by the Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas, Miller School of Medicine, College of Arts and Sciences, and the School of Communication, in collaboration with research partners throughout Latin America.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (June 1, 2020)—Latin America is now the world’s hotspot for COVID-19 infections and deaths, accounting for more than 40 percent of daily registered deaths. The University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas will launch its second in-depth analysis of the Latin America COVID-19 Observatory, with a state and federal level focus on Brazil—the epicenter of the region with nearly 60 percent of the COVID-19 deaths registered per day.

As coronavirus deaths in Brazil continue to climb, researchers and university leadership will discuss the current COVID-19 containment situation in the country and the region and their findings on the impact of delayed and poorly planned responses and policies during a press conference on Tuesday, June 2, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. EDT. Combined with previously released state-level data on Mexico and national-level for the rest of Latin America, these findings provide an important instrument to inform public policy and decision-making in the region.

Those interested in attending the presentation can watch beginning at 8:30 a.m. EDT using the following Zoom link:

Participants include University of Miami President Julio Frenk, former minister of health of Mexico; Felicia Marie Knaul, director of the Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas and professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the Miller School of Medicine; Michael Touchton, assistant professor of political science at the University of Miami and the global health associate faculty lead for the Institute; and Professor Cesar Victora, a world-renowned Brazilian epidemiologist and lead of the International Center for Equity in Health at Universidade Federal de Pelotas.

Knaul leads the team of researchers and policy experts from leading research institutions across the Americas in developing the initiative, which first provided an analysis of Mexico in late April and is now progressing to a regional platform. Touchton, an expert in comparative politics in Latin America, conducted the Brazil data analysis. Additionally, the website for the University of Miami’s Latin America COVID-19 Observatory platform has been updated to include new interactive infographics which provide visually enhanced analyses of the data.

From February 26 to May 27, 2020, key findings for Brazil include:

• The Bolsonaro government is doing very little to combat the pandemic and actively opposes distancing measures to slow the spread of COVID-19. By doing so, the federal government is delegating the burden of response and containment to state and local governments.
• State and local governments acted late, waiting an average of more than three weeks after the first case of COVID-19 was identified to implement distancing measures.
• These measures did reduce mobility, but less so than for all other Latin American countries, except Nicaragua.

Compared to most countries in the region, Brazil and Mexico were delayed in implementing public health and physical distancing policy. In terms of population mobility, Mexico and Brazil are the worst performers and the least able to contain movement compared to pre-pandemic levels. The only country in the region that has done worse is Nicaragua, where there is almost no physical distancing policy in place. Brazil and Mexico also underperform in public health and physical distancing policy compared to all other countries with available data from the region, other than Nicaragua.

The University of Miami´s Latin America COVID-19 Observatory platform presents systematic and regularly updated, state-level and national data on the public health policies that governments in Mexico and Brazil have adopted to encourage physical distancing, reduce population mobility, and inform and educate. The platform also presents data from Google on the registered movement of each population group compared to pre-pandemic patterns. The Observatory is continuing its examination of other countries in the hemisphere and will soon incorporate data from Peru and Colombia.

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